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Based on IMF alternative GDP scenarios, Drewry depicted world port handling forecast. According to the British researchers, economic damage is skewed towards western countries, but most regions will face reduced container volumes

First Steering Committee on the development of the Alessandria Inland Terminal Project. An important meeting on the future role of the rail terminal to serve the logistic requirements of the Ports of Genoa

Whilst SECH full-container terminal in the Sampierdarena basin accommodated the 14,000-TEU container vessel One Millau of the MD1 service, Med-Far East loop operated by THE Alliance, Vado Gateway welcomed for the first time the Maersk Genoa containership

Details have been released on THE Alliance’s - which groups together the major carriers Hapag-Lloyd, Ocean Express Network (ONE) and Yang Ming - reintegration of three vessels on the Asia-Mediterranean MD1 and MD2 liner services

According to IHS Markit, the European PMI (Purchasing Managers Index) fell from 26.4 in March to 12.0 in April. Not surprisingly, the decline was most severe in those countries with the greatest outbreak of the COVID-19. Thus, the PMI fell to 9.2 in Spain, 10.9 in Italy, 11.1 in France, and 17.4 in Germany. These numbers shows that Europe’s economy effectively collapsed in April

According to UK based analysts Oxford Economics, the pandemic will have a huge impact on world trade. Steep falls in industrial output will hit trade in goods hard, while the unusually service-driven nature of the emergent recession also means services trade will plummet

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, the measures prescribed by the Genoa Emergency Law in support of the shift of freight transport from road to rail in the aftermath of the collapse of the Morandi Bridge, which impacted severely upon the Port of Genoa’s inland connections.

The Marina in Savona's Old Port has been awarded for the eighteenth time the Blue Flag by the Foundation for Environment Education FEE ITALIA

The International Transport Forum claims that, as a result of Covid-19, global container trade volumes declined by 8.6% in February 2020 and the reduction is likely to be larger in the following months

Tourism is one of the most affected sectors of the pandemic, in particular hospitality, aviation and cruises, are at greater risk and, according to the epidemiologist Penn State Maciej Boni, we will not return to travel before one year