Port of Split

Port of Split
The City Port in Split
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Location
CountryCroatia
LocationSplit
Coordinates43°30′18″N 16°26′32″E / 43.505079°N 16.442156°E / 43.505079; 16.442156
UN/LOCODEHRSPU[1]
Details
Operated bySplit Port Authority
Luka d.d. Split
Trajektna Luka Split d.d.
Director of the Port AuthorityJoško Berket Bakota
Luka d.d. Split chairmanDragan Žanetić
Trajektna Luka Split d.d. chairmanToni Medvidović
Statistics
Vessel arrivals23,468 (2019)[2]
Annual cargo tonnageIncrease 2,040,547 tonnes (2020)[2]
Annual container volumeIncrease 6,822 TEUs (2019)[2]
Passenger trafficIncrease 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.

  1. ^ "Unlocode (HR) - Croatia". service.unece.org. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Transport - promet u morskim lukama", DZS
  3. ^ "Statistike".
  4. ^ "Slobodna Dalmacija".
  5. ^ Risposte Turismo: Adriatic Sea Tourism Report 2017 Archived 31 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine, p. 24
  6. ^ List of busiest ports in Europe#Busiest passenger ports