The port of Ravenna is preparing to end 2026 with a traffic of 420 thousand cruise passengers, a strong increase compared to 248 thousand in the previous year. This was announced by the Port System of the Center-North Adriatic Sea in Occasion of today's presentation of the cruise season 2027. In 2026, there were 108 cruise ship landings, and passengers disembarking/embarking (409 thousand) were equal to 97% of the total, while those in transit were over 11 thousand.

The projections for the 2027 season include 115 berths for about 365,000 cruise passengers. The season, moreover, will not be limited summer months but will develop throughout the year, confirming Ravenna as an attractive port in every season.

In his speech, the maritime director of Emilia Romagna and commander of the port of Ravenna, Maurizio Tattoli, has placed in regulatory interventions which, as a result of the careful assessments of the safety conditions, have allowed a significant increase in the maximum length of ships, favoring the development of cruise traffic.

The president of the Port System Authority, Francesco Benevolo, illustrated the numerous projects infrastructure being completed for the development of the new cruise terminal in Porto Corsini, reiterating the importance of the cruise tourism market with a view to growth balanced and sustainable traffic of the Ravenna airport also in support of the city's economy and employment.

Anna D'Imporzano, general manager of Ravenna Civitas Cruise Port (RCCP), the company that currently manages the terminal passengers of Ravenna, underlined that, after a 2026 that despite the presence of the construction site for the construction of the new maritime station, closes with an excellent result, 2027 heralds a year of consolidation of the cruise sector in port of Ravenna.

The mayor of Ravenna, Alessandro Barattoni, illustrated the repercussions that cruise tourism has on the territory always with attention to the sustainability of flows and their mobility.