In August 2026, the port system of the Western Ligurian Sea handled 5.17 million tons of goods, an increase of +1.6% compared to the same month in 2025. However, the balance of the The first eight months of the year show substantial stability, with a total of 42.1 million tons handled, slightly decrease of -0.3% compared to the progressive of 2025.

The monthly trend was mainly supported by goods miscellaneous, up +4.4% in August to 3.22 million tonnes, thanks to both containerized traffic (+4.3%), with 266,383 TEUs (+6.4%) and conventional traffic (+4.7%). In the January-August period miscellaneous goods grew by +0.9% reaching 26.7 million tonnes. In particular, the rolling stock sector, cars and vehicles accompanying passengers, in increase of +6.2% in the month and +7.3% in the first eight months of the year.

On the product type front, August recorded a sharp contraction in dry bulk in the commercial sector (-34.6%), while mineral oils and other energy products showed growth of +1.2%. In other liquid bulk cargo decreased (-38.0%).

Even the passenger traffic decreased. In August, a total of 866,128 passengers passed, down by -5.1%, penalized by both ferries (-4.5%) and cruises (-6,5%). In the January-August period, the total number of passengers was to 3.4 million (-1.9%), while the cruise segment maintained a slight increase of +0.9% in the progressive figure and ferries they mark a decrease of -4.1%.

In the port of Genoa alone, the month of August 2026 closes with 3.9 million tons handled, up by +6.1%. In the first eight months of the year, traffic Overall, on the other hand, it is substantially stable at 31.9 million tons (+0.2%). Miscellaneous goods reached 2.59 million of tonnes in the month (+5.5%), supported by traffic containerized (+5.4%), with 196,429 TEUs handled (+9.9%), and by the conventional one (+5.8%). Particularly dynamic is confirmed the rolling stock and passenger cars component, which grew by +7.8% in August and +8.6% in the cumulative year. Among the sectors The growth of mineral oils and products stands out energy (+9.7% in August), while the weakness of the dry bulk (-54.5%) and other liquid bulk (-40.2%). In Bucking the trend with respect to freight, passenger traffic in August recorded a decrease of -9.3% for both ferries and ferries cruises.

For the Savona-Vado Ligure system, August ends with 1.28 million tons handled, a decrease of -10,0%. The cumulative figure for the first eight months also shows a decrease of -2.0%, reaching 10.18 million tonnes. The general merchandise remained substantially stable in the month (+0.2%), but the containerized traffic lost -0.4% in August and -12.5% in August year, stopping at 2.42 million tons. In conventional traffic bucked the trend, growing by +1.1% in 2015 month and +1.3% in the first eight months, mainly supported by rolling stock, up +3.0% in the cumulative January-August. Among the other product categories, mineral oils and products energy products fell by -13.7% in August but maintained growth of +5.4% in the year-to-date. On the other hand, there was a sharp decline in the dry bulk (-31.2% in the month and -7.1% in the cumulative). Positive was the passenger traffic, which is one of the main elements of growth of the Savona airport: in August the increase was by +10.2%. The result is mainly driven by ferries (+15.2%), while cruises grew by +0.9%. In the period January-August: passenger traffic rises by +6.5%, reaching 859,410 units.