Gioia Tauro
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| Comune di Gioia Tauro | |
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 Municipal coat of arms |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Calabria |
| Province | Reggio Calabria (RC) |
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| Elevation | m |
| Area | 38 km² |
| Population | |
| - Total | 18,483 |
| - Density | 486/km² |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Gioiesi |
| Dialing code | 0966 |
| Postal code | 89013 |
| Patron | St. Hyppolite |
| - Day | August 13 |
| Website: www.comune.gioiatauro.rc.it | |
Gioia Tauro is a Municipality belonging to the province of Reggio Calabria, in Calabria (Italy).
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[edit] Winds
- Sirocco, a hot dry wind originating in the desert of Sahara (from South-East);
- Libeccio, very dangerous for shippers (to be avoided - from South-West);
- Mistral (Ponente), the predominant and quiet wind (from North-West).
[edit] Gioia Tauro seaport
Within the seaport more than 3,000,000 TEUs per year are handled, receiving more than 3,000 ships (2005): It is the largest seaport in Italy in terms of container throughput (right before Genoa and La Spezia). It is the second largest in the Mediterranean Sea (just behind Algeciras) and is ranked sixth in all of Europe.
The seaport represents more than a third (2002) of the whole national traffics and it is specialised in transhipment activities, taking the place of Malta seaport as the node for overseas traffics from/to USA and from/to Far East.
The Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT, Contship) is the main operator working within the seaport of Gioia Tauro. Italian investigators estimate that 80% of Europe's cocaine arrives from Colombia via Gioia Tauro's docks.[1]
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