After spreading the value of the indices of connection of the nations to the network of marine lines of containerized transport relative to the second trimester of this year, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has made known also the values relative to the same period of the Port Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (PLSCI), the index defined by the UNCTAD to evaluate the integration of a port in the global networks of marine transport of line.

Among the Italian ports with the highest index of connection to the world net of the containerized shipping, in the second trimester of 2026 the index of the port of Genoa, pairs to 424,1, has recorded a decrease of the -1,6% on the value of the correspondent period of 2025. In increase, instead, the indices relative to the ports of Gioia Tauro and La Spezia that are results pairs respective to 325,9 (+1.8%) and 305,9 (+10.3%). To follow, with the fourth highest index, the port of Salerno with a PLSCI index of 201,4 (-2.5%) and then the ports of Livorno with 158,9 (+8.0%), Trieste with 147,1 (-4.0%), Naples with 145.5 (+6.8%), Vado Ligure with 121,0 (-14.4%), Venice with 111,8 (+0.8%), Ravenna with 90,1 (-8.4%), Civitavecchia with 83

The UNCTAD has presented the last survey of its Liner Shipping Bilateral Connectivity Index (LSBCI), the index that evaluates the level of integration of a couple of nations in the global networks of marine transport of line, factor of which the UNCTAD highlights the importance for exports and for bilateral trade flows. The current version of the LSBCI includes five components. For any couple of nations, LSBCI is based on the number of transhipments necessary to reach one nation on the other, the number of direct links common to both nation and country, the number of common links per couple of nations with only one transhipment, the level of competition on services connecting one nation to another and the size of the larger ship on the least important route connecting one nation to another.

In the second trimester of 2026 Italy turns out to have with Spain the level of integration greater in the world network of the containerized shipping with an index LSBCI, of 728, with a minimum increment of +0.1% on the same period of 2025. The second highest index, with France of 694, is also almost unchanged. To follow the indices with China (693, -0.6%), United Kingdom (691, -0.6%), Netherlands (689, -0.3%), Belgium (685, -1.9%), Singapore (677, -0.9%), South Korea (673, +0.7%) and Morocco (668, -1.9%). Among other nations, the LSBCI indices with Turkey (657,4.6%), Egypt (651,8.3%) and the USA (650, +3.7%). Among the countries with which the levels of integration with Italy are marked by marked rise are Bahrain (428, +94,5%), Israel (545, +32,6%), Syria (387, +21%), Cyprus (393, +16.3%), Russian Federation (464, +14,9%), Qatar (530, +13.7%), Lebanon (491, +12,9%), Oman (511, +10.2%) and Sweden (424.7