A STATISTICAL OVERLOOK ON THE PORT OF VENICE

In 2009 the Venezia Terminal Passeggeri S.p.A. has achieved the record of 1.887.771 global passengers with a growth of 166,6% in respect to 1997 and 1.372 calls in total. This result reasserts the quality of the services offered by the Passenger Port of Venice confirming it as one of the most strategically located and best organized passenger terminals of the Mediterranean Sea. The Port of Venice stretches over a surface altogether of more than 260.000 sq. m. of which the Terminals occupy 47.267 sq. m. The maritime basin in the Marittima area measures about 123.700 sq.m., the available terminals are 6 and the total quays length available is 3.277,48 m. (10752' 11").

CRUISES

In the last ten years the Cruise Terminal of Venice has quadruplicated the number of cruise passengers rising from the tenth to the fourth position among the European cruise ports and, stands to the International analyst GP Wild, taking the 11th Worldwide position becoming first Homeport of the Mediterranean Sea. A dizzy growth that from 1997 to 2009 has registered a traffic increase of 374,5%. In 2009 the Venezia Terminal Passeggeri S.p.A. has achieved 1.420.980 cruise passengers increasing of 16,9% in respect to 2008. The success of the Cruise Port of Venice is due not only to the undoubted appeal of the lagoon city but above all to the extension works made on its facilities and to its capacity to offer efficient services. This positive trend fits in the context of a relevant growth of the cruise traffic at a Mediterranean level and specifically at an Italian level.

FERRIES

In 2009 the ferries activity in the Port of Venice has registered 357.664 passengers, 394 calls and 159.550 vehicles. These numbers confirms Venice as an ideal departure port to reach the East Mediterranean Sea, in fact daily departures and arrivals ensure the connection from/to the lagoon city and the Greek ports 12 months per year thanks to two important ferry lines.

HYDROFOILS

Venice represents an ideal departure port to visit the Croatian and Slovenian coasts, reachable in about three hours of navigation by fast hydrofoils and catamarans. The last season has registered 109.127 passengers and 435 calls. The facility dedicated to the fast connections to Croatia and Slovenia is the S.Basilio Terminal , easily reachable with public transportation from the Tronchetto area, the S.Lucia Railway station and the Piazzale Roma area. The hydrofoils and catamarans lines currently operating in the Port of Venice ensure, from April to October, daily departures and arrivals with the most popular destinations of the Istrian peninsula (Pula, Rovinj, Lošinj, Piran, Umag, Portorož, Rabac).

GLOBAL PASSENGERS TRAFFIC

 

YEAR	1997	1998	1999*	2000	2001	2002**	2003
CRUISE CALLS	206	227	98	200	308	332	450
Cruise passengers	299.450	335.483	97.398	337.475	526.436	507.547	689.836
FERRY CALLS	440	474	547	606	624	462	423
Ferry passengers	331.950	365.207	361.296	468.026	415.541	389.635	340.970
HYDROFOILS AND CATAMARANS CALLS	451	261	199	296	343	468	533
Hydrofoils and catamarans passengers	76.647	58.514	43.514	67.738	80.819	93.011	93.407
TOTAL OF CALLS	1.097	962	844	1.102	1.275	1.262	1.406
TOTAL OF PASSENGERS	708.047	759.204	502.208	873.239	1.022.796	990.193	1.124.213

 

YEAR	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
CRUISE CALLS	405	447	425	510	535	543
Cruise passengers	677.617	815.153	885.664	1.003.529	1.215.088	1.420.980
FERRY CALLS	285	516	505	432	417	394
Ferry passengers	251.502	446.376	456.604	386.345	388.605	357.664
HYDROFOILS AND CATAMARANS CALLS	465	451	447	441	462	435
Hydrofoils and catamarans passengers	108.336	103.846	111.245	113.497	116.293	109.127
TOTAL OF CALLS	1.155	1.414	1.377	1.383	1.414	1.372
TOTAL OF PASSENGERS	1.037.455	1.365.375	1.453.513	1.503.371	1.719.986	1.887.771

* In 1999 the cruise passenger traffic was undermined by the political events in the Balkans.
** In 2002 the cruise passenger traffic was undermined by 11th September 2001 political events.

GLOBAL VEHICLES TRAFFIC

VEHICLES	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Motorcycles	7.678	8.408	5.663	6.331	8.342	5.340	5.016
Cars	57.594	65.328	70.816	87.851	80.304	72.161	72.389
Caravans & Minibuses	10.251	16.908	21.006	29.818	31.010	33.548	30.600
Buses	1.724	1.962	1.790	2.254	1.618	1.529	1.227
Trucks & Trailers	31.879	42.764	52.825	53.697	55.286	65.113	59.688
New Vehicles	-	-	2.778	11.326	12.442	11.036	11.365
Second Hand Vehicles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Global vehicle traffic	109.126	135.370	154.878	191.277	189.002	188.727	180.285

 

VEHICLES	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Motorcycles	4.178	7.175	7.094	6.325	6.465	6.087
Cars	61.364	99.996	100.551	81.208	77.760	72.557
Caravans & Minibuses	21.273	29.040	27.227	21.128	19.650	16.147
Buses	693	1.482	1.296	1.230	1.218	1.191
Trucks & Trailers	42.170	74.386	76.800	66.557	66.876	57.159
New Vehicles	2.872	5.137	5.451	158	3.309	588
Second Hand Vehicles	1.684	7.459	5.281	7.327	6.174	5.821
Global vehicle traffic	134.234	224.675	223.700	183.933	181.452	159.550