Gioia Tauro

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Source: World Port Index, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) — public domain.

Reference values from the World Port Index (NGA, public domain), 2019 edition. Depths refer to chart datum and do not replace current port information or nautical charts.

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Wikipedia

The Port of Gioia Tauro (Italian: [ˈdʒɔːja ˈtauro]) is a large seaport in southern Italy. It is the largest port in Italy for container throughput, the 8th largest in Europe (as of 2025) and the 6th largest in the Mediterranean Sea. Located north of the city of Reggio Calabria, between the municipalities of Gioia Tauro and San Ferdinando, Calabria, it is close to the East–West route which stretches from the Strait of Gibraltar to the Suez Canal and serves mainly as a transshipment hub, connecting the global and regional networks that cross the Mediterranean. The port benefits from the natural depth of its water (up to 18 meters) and offers one of the longest linear quays available in the Mediterranean (3.4 km). These characteristics, together with the availability of dedicated equipment (22 Ship-to-shore cranes, reaching up to 23 rows of containers), enable the port to serve four Ultra Large Container Vessels simultaneously, a unique feature among Mediterranean ports. The throughput of the port reached 3,467,772 TEUs in 2008, then declined consistently from 2009 to 2011, reflecting the global economic crisis. From 2011 to 2013 the traffic volumes in Gioia Tauro increased, but then fell again between 2013 and 2015, suffering from the difficult conditions of the transhipment market in the Mediterranean and the competition from other major transhipment hubs in Greece, Egypt and Malta. However, following a major management shift in 2019, the port saw a dramatic resurgence, reaching a record peak of approximately 4.5 million TEUs in 2025.

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