The shipping platform

Location: Venice is situated at the Northern end of the Adriatic. General overview: Venice is a natural harbour sheltered within a large lagoon. There are two approaches to Venice port , the main port entrance for passenger and ferry vessels is via S Nicolo di Lido, whereby vessels reach the Marittima Cruise Centres, Santa Marta, San Basilio and also through the basin of St Mark and Giudecca Canal to Porto Marghera, the commercial and industrial Port. The Port of Venice is located on an area of 20,450,000 sqm. It has 30,000 m of quayside and 163 active berths. The Port has 27 terminals. There are 205 km of internal railroad located inside the port. Cargo-handling activities in the Port of Venice are largely performed by private parties, many of whom own the facilities. One major cargo group is cereals and flour, and the commodities include corn, soybeans, grains, oilseed, and flour. Energy products entering the Port of Venice include coal, anthracite, litantrace, petroleum coke, and metallurgical coke. Private interests in the Port of Venice handles large volumes of diverse bulk cargoes that are destined for inland manufacturing companies. Bulk cargoes include bentonite, pyrite, fluorite, sulfur, cement, clay, salt, sand, bauxite, feldspar, gypsum, magnesium carbonate, and oxide. Private companies also handle steel products in the Port of Venice that are moved in bulk and in packages. These products are often destined for companies in the Port of Venice's hinterland that receive the raw materials and manufacture finished products. Steel product cargoes handled in bulk include scrap, pig iron, and ferroalloys. Steel product cargoes handled in packages include plates, coils, sections, and steel beams. Rolling stock is handled by third-party operators and includes vehicles. The Port of Venice's multi-purpose Intermodal Terminal Venezia SpA (TIV) is entirely private and specializes in fully integrated mixed loads, iron and steel, marble, and project cargoes. TIV is the Port of Venice's largest terminal in both space and number of berths available. More recently, the TIV has begun to handle containerized cargo. The Terminal Reinfuse Marghera Srl is the traditional industrial site at the Port of Venice's Porto Marghera. The terminal specializes in handling solid fuels, minerals, and iron and steel products. This Port of Venice terminal has more than two kilometers of interior track and good connections to the country's rail network. The Port of Venice's Terminal Reinfuse Italia SpA (TRI) contains three platforms in Venice (at the Marghera bulk terminal), Genoa, and Savona-Vado. TRI is a leader for Italy in handling bulk goods in the Adriatic Sea and Tyrrhenian Sea areas. Terminal Venice Porto Marghera, containing the Commercial Pier B and Porto Marghera, is fully equipped to offer competitive services. This Port of Venice terminal contains a total storage area of 170 thousand square meters, including 20 thousand square meters of indoor storage, and a 60 thousand cubic meter cereal silo. The terminal handles roll-on/roll-off cargoes. In addition to handling agricultural products like cereals, the terminal handles bulk cargoes like coal, ferroalloys, and pig iron. Transped SpA performs logistics services in the Port of Venice for handling industrial and general cargoes. Transped manages storage, packaging, assembly, and shipment of cargoes. The company has a large fleet equipped with ample specialized equipment and large facilities and warehouses in Porto Marghera. Cruise terminals 107/108, 103, and 117 in the Port of Venice's passenger port offer a wide range of amenities and services for cruises sailing the Adriatic and Mediterranean Seas. Terminal 117 is the main cruise terminal for the Port of Venice. Terminal 123 is dedicated to ferry passengers and roll-on/roll-off cargoes traveling between the Port of Venice and Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean. Regular ferry lines using Terminal 123 provide routes between the European community and the Eastern Mediterranean. Terminal San Basilio 22 in the Port of Venice provides fast-vessel services, primarily hydrofoils and catamarans, to Croatia and Slovenia The Port of Venice also offers mooring and facilities for yachts and maxi-yachts. The Venice Yacht Pier has been of increasing popularity, and it is planning to develop new berthing areas and improve existing berths. Traffic figures: Approx 4,150 vessels, 26,400,000t of cargo, 300,000TEU and 2,400,000 passengers pass through the port annually. Load line zone: Summer. Max size: ● Via Porto di Malamocco: -San Leonardo: LOA 250m, draught 13.5m. ● To Porto Marghera: -Canale Industriale Sud (Turning basin No 4) LOA 200-260m, draught 10.0-7.6m. -Canale Industriale Ovest (Turning basin No 3) LOA 230-260m, draught 10.0-9.4m. ● Via Porto di Lido: LOA 220m, draught 8.6m. ● Cruise Port: LOA 340m, draught 8.7m (Turning basin LOA 340m).