General Description
Location: Porto Levante lies on the NE coast of Italy, halfway between Venice and Ravenna, 5 km from the mouth of the Po di Levante River in the Adriatic Sea.
General overview: Porto Levante Terminal is a private river-maritime port with an industrial expansion area located in Porto Levante in the municipality of Porto Viro (RO). Porto Levante Terminal provides logistic and intermodal services for freight traffic arriving by sea, river and land. The wharf is located close to the mouth of the Po di Levante, on the S bank on the area of 130,000 sqm with 37,000 sqm of yards for storage and cargo handling.
The linear quay of 450 m and the draught of 4 m guarantee the berthing of river-maritime vessels up to 3,500/4,000 tons capacity. The Terminal is suitable for the handling of inert materials, timber, non-perishable foodstuffs, fertilizers, bricks, building materials, metal structural works, steel products, coils, ferrous scrap, polymers, fuel oils. The Terminal is also equipped for the storage of containers and the assembly of sub-assemblies for large plants.
For loading and unloading, there is a quay ramp for the handling of mobile, rolling and plant material from vessels, mobile harbor cranes for unloading bulk products, mechanical shovels, forklifts, an 18 m x 3.20 m weighbridge for up to 80 tons. Additional equipment can be supplied on request.
There is also an offshore CBM LNG gas terminal and an anchorage area for working cargo with lighters. The Adriatic LNG Terminal (ALT) stores and vaporizes the LNG, and exports the gas by pipeline into the existing Italian gas grid. The terminal is located approximately 17 km eastnortheast of Porto Levante.
The marina of Porto Levante offers 550 berths for yacht up to 20 metres in depths of 2.5 - 3.5 metres.
Max size:
-Porto Levante: 3,000-5,000DWT.
-Offshore LPG CBM: Draught 7.8m, 24,000GT.
-Adriatic LNG Terminal: LOA 300m, draught 12.0m, 84,000DWT.
The largest vessel called at the port: LOA: 74 m, draught: 2.1 m, deadweight: 460 t.