Container throughput in Italian ports was down by 4.6% in the first quarter of 2026 in comparison to the same period in 2025 as a result of the Hormuz crisis. The slowdown was notably concentrated on the Adriatic coast, with Trieste contracting by 23.6%, and it also affected certain Tyrrhenian ports, including Savona (-14.1%) and Genoa (-4.9%). The port of Naples likewise had a modest dip (-3.5%). Against the trend, the La Spezia terminal (+7.8%), Salerno (+7.8%), and Venice (+5.8%) all experienced an increase, while Ravenna stayed relatively stable (+0.1%). The Italian figure moves in the opposite direction from the rest of the Mediterranean Basin: the main non-Italian ports in the area handled a total of 8.7 million TEUs (20-foot containers), a 7.1% increase, driven by the performance of ports such as the Suez Canal Container Terminal (in Port Said), Fiume (Rijeka), and Mersin (in Turkey).