Suez weighs on traffic in Trieste port, Teu -10.61%

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, JUN 19 - Total volumes in the port of Trieste have remained stable in the first five months of the year, despite the fact that the performance of the Italian port and many Mediterranean ports is influenced by the current geopolitical framework: there were only 727 ships containers that crossed the Suez Canal between January and May (-69), compared to 676 that extended the route by rounding the Cape of Good Hope. Despite the economic crisis, the port's overall volumes increased by +5. 56%, with 24 million tonnes of goods handled compared to the January-May period last year. (ANSA).