Port of Livorno
| Port of Livorno | |
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Harbour
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Location | Livorno |
| Details | |
| Owned by | Port Authority of Livorno |
| Type of harbor | Natural/Artificial |
| Size of harbor | 160 ha (1.6 sq km) |
| Land area | 25 ha (0.25 sq km) |
| Size | 185 ha (1.85 sq km) |
| Available berths | 29 |
| Wharfs | 50 |
| Employees | 15,000 (2007) |
| President | Giuliano Gallantii |
| Statistics | |
| Vessel arrivals | 7,173 (2011) |
| Annual cargo tonnage | 29.6 million tonnes (2011) |
| Annual container volume | 637,798 TEU (2011) |
| Passenger traffic | 2.0 million people (2011) |
| Annual revenue | US$ 1.1 billion (2007) |
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Website www.porto.livorno.it |
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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 600,000 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.
The Port of Livorno is situated on the Ligurian sea, in the north-western part of Tuscany. The harbour is divided in Porto Vecchio (Old Port) and Porto Nuovo (New Port) and is composed of four main basins.
The Avamporto is a vast area outside the harbour bounded to the south by the Diga della Vegliaia, to the west by the Diga Curvilinea and to the east by the outer side of Molo Mediceo. This area include the Nuovo Bacino di Carenaggio (New dry dock) and Morosini Port used by Benetti shipyard.
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