Editing Transport in Italy (section)

== Ports and harbours ==
[[File:Aerial view - Harbour of Genoa, Italy - DSC01156.JPG|thumb|right|Genoa has one of the busiest seaports in Italy.]]
[[File:Gioiatauro seaport.jpg|thumb|Gioia Tauro port]]
[[File:Seaport in Ravenna, Italy.jpg|thumb|Ravenna port]]
[[File:Porttrieste old.jpg|thumb|[[Trieste]], the main port of the northern Adriatic and starting point of the [[Transalpine Pipeline]]]]
Italy has been the final destination of the [[Silk Road]] for many centuries. In particular, the construction of the [[Suez Canal]] intensified sea trade with [[East Africa]] and [[Asia]] from the 19th century. Since the end of the Cold War and increasing European integration, the trade relations, which were often interrupted in the 20th century, have intensified again. Because of its long seacoast, Italy also has many harbors for the transportation of both goods and passengers. In 2004 there were 43 major seaports including the [[Port of Genoa]], the country's largest and the [[List of busiest ports in Europe|third busiest by cargo tonnage]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]].

Due to the increasing importance of the maritime Silk Road with its connections to Asia and East Africa, the Italian ports for [[Central Europe|Central]] and [[Eastern Europe]] have become important in recent years. In addition, the trade in goods is shifting from the European northern ports to the ports of the Mediterranean Sea due to the considerable time savings and environmental protection. In particular, the deep water port of [[Trieste]] in the northernmost part of the Mediterranean Sea is the target of Italian, Asian and European investments.<ref name="Hernig"/><ref name="Simon"/>
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width:500px"
! List of ports in Italy
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* [[Ancona]]
* [[Arbatax]]
* '''[[Augusta, Sicily|Augusta]]'''
* [[Bari]]
* [[Brindisi]]
* '''[[Port of Cagliari|Cagliari]]'''
* [[Catania]]
* [[Port of Civitavecchia|Civitavecchia]]
* '''[[Port of Genoa|Genoa]]'''
* [[Port of Gioia Tauro|Gioia Tauro]]
* [[La Spezia]]
* '''[[Livorno]]'''
* [[Messina]]
* [[Milazzo]]
* [[Port of Naples|Naples]]
* [[Olbia]]
* [[Palermo]]
* [[Porto Torres]]
* [[Port of Ravenna|Ravenna]]
* [[Salerno]]
* [[Savona]]
* '''[[Taranto]]'''
* '''[[Trieste]]'''
* '''[[Venice]]'''
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! Busiest ports by cargo tonnage in Italy (2008)<ref name=ports>{{cite web|title=Graduatoria dei porti italiani|url=http://noi-italia.istat.it/fileadmin/user_upload/allegati/S13I06T12p0.xls|publisher=Istat|access-date=9 January 2012}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref>  !! Busiest ports by passengers in Italy (2008)<ref name=ports />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Port
!Region
!Thousand tons
!%
|-
| [[Taranto]]||[[Apulia]]||49,522||9.4
|-
| [[Genoa]]||[[Liguria]]||46,469||8.8
|-
| [[Trieste]]||[[Friuli-Venezia Giulia]]||37,195||7.1
|-
| [[Gioia Tauro]]||[[Calabria]]||31,527||6.0
|-
| [[Ravenna]]||[[Emilia-Romagna]]||30,075||5.7
|-
| [[Venice]]||[[Veneto]]||29,920||5.7
|-
| [[Livorno]]||[[Tuscany]]||28,667||5.4
|-
| [[Augusta, Sicily|Augusta]]||[[Sicily]]||26,849||5.1
|-
| Porto Foxi||[[Sardinia]]||26,407||5.0
|-
| Santa Panagia||[[Sicily]]||17,305||3.3
|-
| [[La Spezia]]||[[Liguria]]||17,014||3.2
|-
| [[Savona]]-[[Vado Ligure|Vado]]||[[Liguria]]||16,370||3.1
|-
| [[Milazzo]]||[[Sicily]]||15,405||2.9
|-
| [[Olbia]]||[[Sardinia]]||12,875||2.4
|-
| [[Brindisi]]||[[Apulia]]||10,767||2.0
|-class="sortbottom"
| Other||||129,851||24.7
|-class="sortbottom"
! Italy!! !!526,218!!100.0
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Port
!Region
!Thousand pass.
!%
|-
| [[Messina]]||[[Sicily]]||10,380||11.5
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| [[Reggio di Calabria]]||[[Calabria]]||10,116||11.2
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| [[Capri]]||[[Campania]]||7,169||8.0
|-
| [[Naples]]||[[Campania]]||6,185||6.9
|-
| [[Piombino]]||[[Tuscany]]||5,036||5.6
|-
| [[Portoferraio]]||[[Tuscany]]||3,927||4.4
|-
| [[Olbia]]||[[Sardinia]]||3,567||4.0
|-
| [[Livorno]]||[[Tuscany]]||3,251||3.6
|-
| [[Civitavecchia]]||[[Lazio]]||2,677||3.0
|-
| [[Genoa]]||[[Liguria]]||2,510||2.8
|-
| La Maddalena||[[Sardinia]]||2,374||2.6
|-
| [[Palau, Sardinia|Palau]]||[[Sardinia]]||2,364||2.6
|-
| [[Ischia Porto]]||[[Campania]]||2,342||2.6
|-
| [[Palermo]]||[[Sicily]]||1,949||2.2
|-
| [[Sorrento]]||[[Campania]]||1,887||2.1
|-class="sortbottom"
| Other||||24,423||27.1
|-class="sortbottom"
! Italy!! !!90,157!!100.0
|}
|}