Port of Split

Port of Split
The City Port in Split
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Location
Country	Croatia
Location	Split
Coordinates	43°30′18″N 16°26′32″E / 43.505079°N 16.442156°E / 43.505079; 16.442156
UN/LOCODE	HRSPU[1]
Details
Operated by	Split Port Authority Luka d.d. Split Trajektna Luka Split d.d.
Director of the Port Authority	Joško Berket Bakota
Luka d.d. Split chairman	Dragan Žanetić
Trajektna Luka Split d.d. chairman	Toni Medvidović
Statistics
Vessel arrivals	23,468 (2019)[2]
Annual cargo tonnage	2,040,547 tonnes (2020)[2]
Annual container volume	6,822 TEUs (2019)[2]
Passenger traffic	5,8 million (2024)[2][3][4]
Website www.portsplit.hr

The Port of Split (Croatian: Luka Split) is a port in the central Dalmatian city of Split, Croatia. The port was originally a trading post originally established by Greek settlers from the island of Vis and subsequently taken over by the Romans. The port thrived through the Middle Ages, but it suffered a decline in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when the Port of Rijeka took over as the primary trading and shipping outlet of the region. The decline was also attributed to the decline of the Ottoman Empire, a traditional market for the Port of Split, and the growing domination of Austrian Empire.

As of 2017, the port ranks as the largest passenger port in Croatia, the largest passenger port in the Adriatic,^[5] and the 11th largest port in the Mediterranean,^[6] with annual passenger volume of approximately 5 million. By 2010, the Port of Split recorded 18,000 ship arrivals each year. The port is managed by the Port of Split Authority (PSA). In the late 2000s, the PSA and the port operators, Trajektna Luka Split d.d. and Luka d.d. Split, started to implement an investment plan aimed at increasing both passenger and cargo traffic volume, scheduled to be completed by 2015, which would allow the port to handle up to 7 million passengers per year.