2017 was a successful year for the north Italian seaport of Trieste. Total turnover increased by 4.58 percent to 61.95 million tonnes compared to 2016. 43.75 million tonnes (+ 2.33%) of that was liquid cargo and 16.56 million tonnes (+ 14%) general cargo, Zeno D’Agostino, president of the Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale, announces in a press release.
During the reporting period, the Port of Trieste saw a great development, especially in the container segment: At 616,156 TEU, the previous year’s figure was exceeded by 26.7 percent. This was accompanied by an increase in container block trains in rail hinterland traffic rising by 34 percent from 1,664 to 2,235 operations.
The number of RoRo trains rose by 4.8 percent to 3,848 block trains, maritime RoRo volume increased by almost 4 percent to 314,705 shipments. The number of rolling road trains to and from Trieste has decreased by one third to 299 trains. However, rail traffic in total still increased by 13.76 percent to 8,681 trains.
