Port of Genoa: 2,622,187 TEU handled in 2017 (+14.1% yoy)

Measured in tonnes, the Italian port's containerised freight traffic rose by 15.4% year-on-year to over 25.83mt in 2017.

In total, the Port of Genoa handled 55.16mt last year, more by 8.6% yoy on the 2016 result.

General cargo advanced by 12.5% yoy to 35.54mt (including, apart from containers, 9.72mt of wheeled and break-bulk, which rose by 5.5% yoy to 9.72mt).

Liquids came in second with 15.23mt (+4.5% yoy), followed by 3.41mt of dry bulk (-6.6% yoy), and 0.98mt of bunkers and supplies (+1.3% yoy).

Genoa's passenger traffic decreased last year - by 3.4% yoy to just over 3.0m travellers. Ferry traffic lost 0.7% yoy down to 2.08m, while the cruise segment marked a downtick by 9.1% yoy to 925.2k travellers.

Genoa is part of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority, also comprising the harbours in Vado Ligure, Savona, and Pra'.