Overview:

Port of Livorno is one of the largest ports in Italy and one of the largest ports on the Mediterranean coast, handling approximately 300,000 per year Tons of cargo and 600,000 standard containers. At the same time, the Port of Livorno also provides more than 15,000 jobs and serves more than 7,000 ships each year.

The port of Livorno is located in the city of Livorno on the northwest coast of the APP-ENNINO peninsula in Italy, on the east side of the Ligurian Sea, also known as Legion The port (Leghorn), or port of arrival, is one of the main seaports in northern Italy, and the port has duty-free warehouses. It is about 20km from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to the north, and across the sea from the French island of Corsica. The main industries include iron and steel, chemical industry, oil refining, shipbuilding, copper, aluminum smelting, glass, textiles and food, etc., as well as large shipyards. The port of Livorno is also a natural harbor with beautiful scenery. It is about 20km from the airport and 76n mile from the port of Genoa. The port has a subtropical Mediterranean climate, with east and northeast winds prevailing. For example, when the southeast wind is strong for three consecutive days, there will be swells in the port, affecting imports.

The Livorno Port Authority (Italy) is responsible for planning, coordinating, promoting, developing, controlling and ensuring the safety of port operations and industrial activities in the port area.

With a capacity of 50 million tons of cargo and 2 million TEUs of container cargo, and a vessel capacity of 7,500 ships, the Port of Livorno is one of the largest ports in the Tyrrhenian Sea, with a population of more than 15,000. The Port of Livorno can handle all types of ships and cargo, including elevators, roll-on/roll-off, liquid and dry bulk cargo, and passengers.

In 2007, nearly 33 million tons of cargo passed through the port of Livorno, of which 20.3 million tons were imported and 12.6 million tons were exported, making it one of the busiest ports in Italy. The cargo includes 12.3 million tons of rolling/rolling cargo, 9 million tons of liquid bulk cargo, a container throughput of 7,456,600 TEUs with 7.3 million tons of cargo, 3.1 million tons of cargo handling and 1.2 million tons of bulk cargo. In 2007, the port was also 2.3 million passengers.

The container cargo reaches 2 million TEUs, the container terminal of Livorno port covers an area of ​​658,000 square meters, and the terminal is 16,000 meters long. The port rolling/rolling-off wharf covers an area of ​​477,100 square meters, the wharf is 1,700 meters long, has a storage capacity of 6,000 vehicles, and an annual throughput capacity of 1.2 million vehicles. The Port of Livorno Multi-purpose Terminal is 96 meters long, with a terminal area of ​​25,000 square meters.

The bulk terminal specializes in wood, non-ferrous metals, paper, sand, cellulose, clay, metal products, bentonite and coal. The wharf covers an area of ​​18,100 square meters, with a storage area of ​​712,000 square meters and storage of 160,000 cubic meters of goods. The copper wire and non-ferrous metal dock has a 500-meter-long dock that can store 95,800 square meters.

Livorno Port Frozen Food Wharf covers an area of ​​18,000 square meters, a warehouse area of ​​35,000 square meters, and an annual throughput of about 200,000 tons. The grain wharf covers an area of ​​63,000 square meters, with a wharf length of 336 meters and a wharf reserve of 115,600 tons.

Finally, the Port of Livorno includes a terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG), which has a capacity of 4 billion cubic meters.

The port of Livorno has busy ferry and cruise traffic. Ferries move people to Sardinia, Corsica, Capri, Tunisia and Barcelona. As the gateway to Tuscany, the Port of Livorno is vital to the regional cruise industry.

In 1999, more than 300 cruise ships carried 250,000 passengers through the port of Livorno. The port has invested in modernization and expansion of cruise passenger facilities, including new terminals and buildings, to attract more traffic, especially from Northern Europe. With a considerable number of ferries to Sardinia and Corsica, the port of Livorno provided more than 1,500 ships with 1.3 million ferry trips in 1999.