Port of Ravenna

The Port of Ravenna is an Italian seaport on the North Adriatic Sea in Ravenna, Italy.

The coordinates for this canal port are 44° 29’ N and 12° 17’ E

for Marina di Ravenna side WP2 44° 29’,58 N 12° 17’,48 E WP3 44° 29’,42 N 12° 17’,43 E WP4 44° 29’,49 N 12° 16’,97 E.

for Porto Corsini side WP2 44° 29’,58 N 12° 17’,48 E WP5 44°29’,44 N 12°16’,44 E

It was established thousands years ago, and, consequently, is one of the most ancient ports in the world (even more than the near Port of Venice for instance); in fact the Ravenna military and trade seaports are pictured in the opposite walls of S.Apollinare Nuovo, a church built in Ravenna by Theodoric the Great.

In 31 BC, Emperor Augustus founded near Ravenna the military harbor of Classe.[1] It hosted the second imperial fleet of the Roman Empire (the first one was located in Portus Julius near Capo Miseno near the Port of Naples) Even after the Empire's decline in the 5th century EV, the port kept active and entered a further golden age during the Byzantine dominion as the mosaics bear witness. It underwent decline after being flooded by the mud of the rivers and conquered by Venice in the 15th century. In 1738, the Corsini Canal (named after Pope Clement XII), connecting Ravenna to the sea,(11 km., still the biggest artificial canal in Italy's ports) started up its activity. After world war II a huge petrochemical plant was established, but the oil crisis of 1973 enhanced its multipurpose trade facilities.

It is nowadays one of the top twenty Italian ports and top forty european ports. It is the main port of Emilia-Romagna and a founding member of NAPA.

The European Commission has appointed the Ravenna seaport "Core port" of the TEN-T Networks

The docks are mainly on a canal that connects the town centre of Ravenna (which is inland) to the sea which is 12 km away. The offshore breakwaters are in the little towns of Porto Corsini and Marina di Ravenna.

It hosts shipyards, multipurpose terminals, bulk cargo terminals and a containerized cargo terminal.

There are a big passenger and cruise lines terminal and the biggest marinas of the Adriatic Sea.

There are a regular ferry line to Catania (40 hours) and a summertime-only passenger link to Rovinj and other parts of Croatia(3 hours).

Further information, trade data and pictures can be found from the local Port Authority or the NAPA site.

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  1. ^ From classis, Latin "fleet".