Port of Livorno | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Location | Livorno |
Details | |
Owned by | Port Authority of Livorno |
Type of harbour | Natural/Artificial |
Size of harbour | 160 ha (1.6 km2) |
Land area | 25 ha (0.25 km2) |
Size | 185 ha (1.85 km2) |
No. of berths | 29 |
No. of wharfs | 50 |
Employees | 15,000[1] (2007) |
President | Giuliano Gallantii |
Statistics | |
Vessel arrivals | 7,173 (2011)[2] |
Annual cargo tonnage | 29.6 million tonnes (2011)[3] |
Annual container volume | 637,798 TEU (2011)[4] |
Passenger traffic | 2.0 million people (2011) |
Annual revenue | US$ 1.1 billion (2007)[5] |
Website www.porto.livorno.it |
The Port of Livorno is one of the largest Italian seaports and one of the largest seaports in the Mediterranean Sea, with an annual traffic capacity of around 30 million tonnes of cargo and 700,000 TEU's.
The port is also an important employer in the area, with more than 15,000 employees who provide services to more than 7,000 ships every year.
The Port of Livorno is considered a major Italian port along the Tyrrhenian Sea Corridor, capable of handling all kinds of vessels (LoLo, RoRo, liquid bulk, dry bulk, cruise ships, ferryboats). The port mainly serves Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna, Umbria and Marche regions of Italy.