Last April, the traffic of goods in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure amounted to 5.24 million tons, with an increase of +1.7% over April 2025. In the port of Genoa traffic stood at 3.97 million tons, with a slight decrease of -0.6% that was generated by the -5.3% contraction in volumes in the Genoa basin, where 2.76 million tons were handled, almost entirely offset by the +12.2% increase in traffic in the Pra' basin which rose to 1.21 million tons. In Savona-Vado on total was 1.27 million tons (+9.6%), with increases in volumes in the Savona basin (410 thousand tons, +12.7%) and in the roadstead of Vado (533 thousand tons, +33.1%), while it is continued the decline in loads in the Vado basin where 328 thousand tons were handled (-17.0%).

Last April, the total traffic of various goods in the two Ligurian ports was 3.46 million tons (+4.3%), of which 2.38 million tonnes of containerised goods (+0.5%) Made with a container handling of 249,686 TEUs (-2.1%), 957 thousand tons of rolling stock (+10.5%) and 118 thousand tons of rolling stock tons of other miscellaneous goods (+53.8%). In the bulk sector 190 thousand tons were handled in the (-1.5%) and 60 thousand tons in the industrial sector (-52,4%). In the liquid bulk sector, the following were handled 1.42 million tons of mineral oils (+5.4%), 33 thousand tons of chemicals (-35.0%) and 30 thousand tons of oils vegetables and wine (-43.1%).

In April 2026, passenger traffic in the two ports is 325 thousand people (-14.0%), of which 242 thousand in the cruises (-11.4%) and 83 thousand in the ferry sector (-20.8%).

In the first four months of 2026, total freight traffic in the two Ligurian ports of call was 20.25 million tons, with a decrease of -2.4% on the first four months of last year, of which 15.20 million tons handled in the port of the Ligurian capital (-2.2%) and 5.05 million tons in the port of Savona-Vado (-3.2%). In the Miscellaneous Goods Sector 8.58 million tons of cargo were handled in containers (-6.7%) totalled with a handling of boxes equal to 927,307 TEUs (-5.4%), 3.84 million tonnes of rolling stock (+8.3%) and 347 thousand tons of other goods (-3.1%). Solid bulk in the commercial segment were 770 thousand tons (-12.7%) and in the industrial sector 238 thousand tons (-50.3%). Mineral oils grew by +3.6% to 5.95 million tons and increasing liquid chemical bulk cargo was also found with 167 thousand tons (+18.%), while vegetable oils and wine fell by -28.6% to 111 thousand tons.

In the first four months of this area, ferry passengers there were 241 thousand (-7.3%) and cruise passengers 608 thousand (+13.9%).

Meanwhile, the shareholders' meeting of the Ente Bacini, a company that manages dry docks in the ship repair area of the port of Genoa and which is almost entirely controlled by the System Authority Port of the Western Ligurian Sea. The assembly resolved on renewal of the board of directors, composed of Maurizio Anselmo, Alessandro Arvigo, Marta Brusoni, Silvano Ciuffardi and Lorenza Rosso, and confirmed Alessandro Arvigo as president and Maurizio Anselmo in the role of managing director. The new The Board of Directors will remain in office for three years.

"The confirmation of the current governance - said the president of the Port Authority, Matteo Paroli - ensures continuity in a phase characterized by important investment programs and a growing demand for services from the market. The choice of A three-year mandate will also make it possible to accompany the entire process of drafting and approving the new Plan Port Regulator, which for the ship repair sector represents a strategic step. In this area, the Plan will be in fact, called upon to define the development prospects and the actions needed to strengthen their operational capacity, competitiveness and industrial attractiveness, offering operators a stable framework for investment future".

The shareholders' meeting of Stazioni Marittime Spa, the company owned by the Port Authority, as well as by MSC, Costa, Moby, Tirrenia and the Municipality of Genoa, which manages passenger traffic in the port of Genoa, which has The new Board of Directors has been appointed. The assembly gave indication to the new Board of Directors about the appointment of Alberto Minoia to the role of president and CEO of the company. Minoia will take over from Edoardo Monzani who leaves Stazioni maritime after 24 years, after having led it since 2002 first as General Manager, then as Chief Executive Officer and from 2022 until to date as president. In Monzani, the members expressed a "A heartfelt thank you is due to a person, before a manager, of absolute depth, who has contributed over the years to changing the face of the passenger port, planning growth constant of the company also in terms of staff and to bring a project aimed at modernization and to the optimization of structures".

The new board of Maritime Stations is composed of Roberto Alberti, Pietro Aragona, Giuseppe Canepa, Beniamino Carnevale, Matteo Catani, Giacomo Costa Ardissone, Simone Gardella, Luigi Merlo, Alberto Minoia (CEO with indication appointment to the role of president), Franco Ronzi and Lucia Tringali. The The Board of Statutory Auditors is composed of Stefano Franciolini (president), Antonio Rosina, Mauro Nicorelli, Davide Ferrando (alternate auditor) and Massimo Scotton (alternate auditor).

The shareholders' meeting of Stazioni Marittime approved also the 2025 financial statements of the company that closed with a value of production of 30.1 million euros (+5.6% on the previous year) 2024) and a net profit of €2.5 million (+60.7%).

Regarding the forecast for passenger traffic in the year 2026, the company believes that in Genoa, With regard to ferry traffic, there will be numbers substantially in line with 2025, while for traffic cruises are currently scheduled about 320 stopovers with a total of almost unchanged compared to 2025 by about 1.6 million cruise passengers, of which 600 thousand as home ports and one million in transit.