Contship's Medcenter Container Terminal handling an extra 250,000 TEU. Salerno Container Terminal volumes also grew 9.9 per cent year on year to 375,000 TEU.
However, Cagliari International, La Spezia, Terminal Container Ravenna and Eurogate Tangier all reported declining volumes, with Tangier's volumes down by more than 100,000 TEU.
Contship Italia president Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello said the container shipping business was continuing to face instability and competition as shipping lines reorganised their networks, but added that the operator remained totally committed to the needs of its customers.