Container traffic at Italian ports brushed 9 mill TEU last year, plus 8.4 per cent on 2002 (see table). In the past four years traffic has grown on average by 11.2 per cent/year. The peak year for growth was 2000 (15.7 per cent), the trough year being 2001 (2.7 per cent). Further steady overall growth is expected this year.
The most notable performer last year was Cagliari, following the transfer of majority ownership in CICT from the P&O Ports/GIP consortium to Contship Italia SpA (CI) and the facility’s new hub support rôle for Medcenter (MCT), Gioia Tauro. Growth at Táranto was also significant, even though there are still ongoing difficulties of positioning TCT as a terminal for third parties and not just Evergreen/ Lloyd Triestino....
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