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Cargo traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado was stable in the second quarter
Drop in passengers in both ports
Genova
August 12, 2026
Last June, the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure
handled a total of 5.42 million tons of goods,
with a slight decrease of -0.6% on June 2025, of which 4.16 million
tons in the port of the Ligurian capital (-1.5%), including 3.00
million tonnes handled in the Genoa basin (-2.6%) and
1.17 million tons in that of Pra' (+1.2%), and 1.27 million tons
of tons in the port of Savona (+2.8%), including 466 thousand tons
in the Savona basin (+3.9%), 351 thousand tons in the Vado basin
Ligurian (+26.6%) and 450 thousand tons in the Vado roadstead (-11.2%).
In June 2026, the two Ligurian ports of call handled
a total of 3.48 million tons of miscellaneous goods (+3.0%),
of which 2.23 million tonnes of containerised goods (+1.7%) and
1.25 million tonnes of conventional goods (+5.5%). In the
liquid bulk sector, 1.54 million
tons of mineral oils and energy products (-4.1%) and 73 thousand
tons of other cargo (-7.7%). Dry bulk was
199 thousand tons in the commercial segment (-21.9%) and 60 thousand tons in the commercial segment
the industrial sector (+0.5%).
In the second quarter of 2026, the total traffic handled
from the two ports was 16.13 million tons, with a
decrease of -0.1% on the first half of last year.
In the period April-June 2026, the port of Genoa alone
12.39 million tonnes of goods were handled (-0.6%), of which
8.73 million tonnes in the Genoa basin (3.6%) and 3.66 million tonnes
million tons in Pra' (+7.2%). In the
Miscellaneous cargo traffic was 8.78 million tons
(+4.7%), of which 6.16 million tonnes of containerised goods
(+3.5%) made with a container handling of
634,918 TEUs (+1.8%), 2.46 million tonnes of rolling stock (+8.1%)
and 161 thousand tons of other cargo (-0.3%). Both bulk
liquid and solid ones have decreased. Liquid cargoes have
amounted to 3.04 million tonnes (-10.2%), of which 1.90 million tonnes
of tonnes of crude oil (-12.7%), 949 thousand tonnes of
refined petroleum products (-4.0%), 114 thousand tons of
chemicals (-8.8%) and 82 thousand tons of other bulk cargo
liquid (-19.6%). Dry bulk cargo totaled 379 thousand
tons (-21.7%), including 208 thousand tons of products
metallurgical (-34.9%), 95 thousand tons of coal (+2.0%), 40 thousand tons
tons of minerals and building materials (-14.1%), 25 thousand
tons of chemicals (+92.1%) and 11 thousand tons of other
dry bulk (-10.1%). In the passenger sector, cruise passengers
There were 443 thousand (-10.8%) and ferry passengers 489 thousand
(-5,7%).
In the second quarter of 2026, the port of Savona-Vado
3.73 million tons of goods handled globally (+2.0%).
Miscellaneous cargo amounted to 1.81 million tonnes (+2.5%),
of which 906 thousand tons of containerized goods (-1.0%) made
with container handling of 137,616 TEUs (-2.3%),
724 thousand tons of rolling stock (+6.5%) and 183 thousand tons of other
miscellaneous goods (+5.7%). In the liquid bulk sector, traffic is
state of 1.52 million tons (+2.6%), of which 1.34 million tons
tons of crude oil (+0.3%), 150 thousand tons of
refined petroleum products (+41.1%) and 25 thousand tons of other
loads (-27.3%). Dry bulk cargo was 398 thousand (-2.4%), of
of which 132 thousand tons of coal (+10.1%), 107 thousand tons of
minerals and building materials (-10.9%), 57 thousand tons of
feed, fodder and oilseeds (-19.5%), 50 thousand tons of
cereals (+39.7%), 38 thousand tons of chemicals (-16.6%),
11 thousand tons of metallurgical products (-9.3%) and 4 thousand tons of metallurgical products
tons of other dry bulk (-1.0%). Cruise passengers in Savona
There were 270 thousand (-8.0%) and 76 thousand ferry passengers
(-10,2%).
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