Port of Naples
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Port of Naples is one of the largest Italian
seaports and one of the largest seaports in the Mediterranean Sea
basin having an annual traffic capacity of around 25 million tons of cargo
and 500,000 TEU's
.
The port is also an important employer in the area having more than 4,800 employees that provide services to more than 64,000 ships every year.
and its port dates back to the period of Greek
colonisation; in the ninth century B.C. a group of sailors from Rhodes
reached this part of the coast of Italy
and, between the seventh and sixth centuries B.C., the Greek colony was founded on the Acropolis of Pizzofalcone
.
In 475
B.C. the inhabitants of Cumae
founded Neapolis (new city) in the eastern part of the original city. As a mainly military port in Greek and Roman
times, the Port of Naples gradually became more open to sea traffic and grew in importance.
It was under Norman
rule that the port enjoyed a period of great splendour becoming the only one of the Italian
marine republics to join the famous Lega della Compagnia
, known as the Hanseatic cities. However, it was with the Anjovins
in the second half of the thirteenth century, and in particular during the reign of Charles I of Naples, that the port expanded and it acquired new buildings, while the city became the most heavily populated and admired city in Europe
. The fortification of the port and the construction of warehouses, storage depots and factories continued under Catalan-Aragonese
rule (fifteenth century) and under the Spanish
viceroy
.
It was not until the dynasty of the Bourbons (eighteenth century) that the port became established as one of the most well-equipped and strongest in Europe
and the city became one of the great Europe
an capitals alongside Paris
and London
. Indeed, it was under the Bourbons that the arsenal became an enormous shipyard and the day of September 27, 1818 saw the launch of the Real Ferdiando I, the first steamship of the Mediterranean Sea
.
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The Port of Naples is situated in the centre of Naples
, very close to the extremely central Piazza Municipio
, 10 mins from Piazza Garibaldi
( FS and MN terminals) and 15 km from Naples Airport
.
and 460,812 TEU's
making it one of the busiest cargo
ports in Italy
and one of the largest container
ports in the country.
s and an annual traffic capacity of around 500,000 TEU's
.
section of the port has four terminals: one for timber
, one for cellulose
and two for cereal
s with a total storage area of 75,000 m2 (35,000 sq m for timber and cellulose and 40,000 sq m for cereals).
with a total length of 850 m, a land area of 120,000 m2, storage capacity of 8,000 cars and a transshipment
capacity of 900,000 units per year. The daily traffic with Sicily
alone is 700 vehicles per day.
In 2007 the RoRo terminal
handled 370,000 truck
s and 475,000 cars
.
ports in Italy
and one of the largest passenger
ports in Europe
with a total traffic of 8,988,056 people in 2007.
The cruise terminal has ten mooring places, seven mobile walkways
, 12 computerised check-in desks
and an annual traffic capacity of around 1.5 million passengers.
s are an important part of the Port of Naples. The structures of the ports shipyards consist of 3 brick-built docks
and 4 floating docks
.
The sector involves four large companies and 60 small workshops which undertake ship repairs, that have a total number of 2,000 employees and a turnover over US$ 200 million.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
seaports and one of the largest seaports in the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
basin having an annual traffic capacity of around 25 million tons of cargo
Cargo
Cargo is goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship, aircraft, train, van or truck. In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal long-haul cargo transport.-Marine:...
and 500,000 TEU's
Twenty-foot equivalent unit
The twenty-foot equivalent unit is an inexact unit of cargo capacity often used to describe the capacity of container ships and container terminals...
.
The port is also an important employer in the area having more than 4,800 employees that provide services to more than 64,000 ships every year.
History
The foundation of NaplesNaples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
and its port dates back to the period of Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
colonisation; in the ninth century B.C. a group of sailors from Rhodes
Rhodes
Rhodes is an island in Greece, located in the eastern Aegean Sea. It is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of both land area and population, with a population of 117,007, and also the island group's historical capital. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within...
reached this part of the coast of Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and, between the seventh and sixth centuries B.C., the Greek colony was founded on the Acropolis of Pizzofalcone
Acropolis
Acropolis means "high city" in Greek, literally city on the extremity and is usually translated into English as Citadel . For purposes of defense, early people naturally chose elevated ground to build a new settlement, frequently a hill with precipitous sides...
.
In 475
475
Year 475 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Zeno without colleague...
B.C. the inhabitants of Cumae
Cumae
Cumae is an ancient Greek settlement lying to the northwest of Naples in the Italian region of Campania. Cumae was the first Greek colony on the mainland of Italy , and the seat of the Cumaean Sibyl...
founded Neapolis (new city) in the eastern part of the original city. As a mainly military port in Greek and Roman
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
times, the Port of Naples gradually became more open to sea traffic and grew in importance.
It was under Norman
Normans
The Normans were the people who gave their name to Normandy, a region in northern France. They were descended from Norse Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock...
rule that the port enjoyed a period of great splendour becoming the only one of the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
marine republics to join the famous Lega della Compagnia
Hanseatic League
The Hanseatic League was an economic alliance of trading cities and their merchant guilds that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe...
, known as the Hanseatic cities. However, it was with the Anjovins
Anjou
Anjou is a former county , duchy and province centred on the city of Angers in the lower Loire Valley of western France. It corresponds largely to the present-day département of Maine-et-Loire...
in the second half of the thirteenth century, and in particular during the reign of Charles I of Naples, that the port expanded and it acquired new buildings, while the city became the most heavily populated and admired city in Europe
Europe
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. The fortification of the port and the construction of warehouses, storage depots and factories continued under Catalan-Aragonese
Crown of Aragon
The Crown of Aragon Corona d'Aragón Corona d'Aragó Corona Aragonum controlling a large portion of the present-day eastern Spain and southeastern France, as well as some of the major islands and mainland possessions stretching across the Mediterranean as far as Greece...
rule (fifteenth century) and under the Spanish
Spain
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viceroy
Viceroy
A viceroy is a royal official who runs a country, colony, or province in the name of and as representative of the monarch. The term derives from the Latin prefix vice-, meaning "in the place of" and the French word roi, meaning king. A viceroy's province or larger territory is called a viceroyalty...
.
It was not until the dynasty of the Bourbons (eighteenth century) that the port became established as one of the most well-equipped and strongest in Europe
Europe
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and the city became one of the great Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an capitals alongside Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and London
London
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. Indeed, it was under the Bourbons that the arsenal became an enormous shipyard and the day of September 27, 1818 saw the launch of the Real Ferdiando I, the first steamship of the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
.
General information
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, very close to the extremely central Piazza Municipio
Piazza
A piazza is a city square in Italy, Malta, along the Dalmatian coast and in surrounding regions. The term is roughly equivalent to the Spanish plaza...
, 10 mins from Piazza Garibaldi
Piazza
A piazza is a city square in Italy, Malta, along the Dalmatian coast and in surrounding regions. The term is roughly equivalent to the Spanish plaza...
( FS and MN terminals) and 15 km from Naples Airport
Naples Airport
Naples Airport can refer to:*Naples International Airport in Naples, Italy*Naples Municipal Airport in Naples, Florida...
.
Statistics
In 2007 the Port of Naples handled 20,269,163 tonnes of cargoCargo
Cargo is goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship, aircraft, train, van or truck. In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal long-haul cargo transport.-Marine:...
and 460,812 TEU's
Twenty-foot equivalent unit
The twenty-foot equivalent unit is an inexact unit of cargo capacity often used to describe the capacity of container ships and container terminals...
making it one of the busiest cargo
Cargo
Cargo is goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship, aircraft, train, van or truck. In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal long-haul cargo transport.-Marine:...
ports in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and one of the largest container
Twenty-foot equivalent unit
The twenty-foot equivalent unit is an inexact unit of cargo capacity often used to describe the capacity of container ships and container terminals...
ports in the country.
| Year | 2007 |
|---|---|
| RoRo* RORO Roll-on/roll-off ships are vessels designed to carry wheeled cargo such as automobiles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, trailers or railroad cars that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels... |
7,135,851 |
| Liquid bulk* Bulk -Industry:* Bulk cargo* Bulk liquids* Bulk mail* Bulk material handling* Bulk pack, packaged bulk materials/products* Bulk purchasing- Physics :*Bulk density*Bulk modulus... |
4,454,580 |
| Dry bulk* Bulk -Industry:* Bulk cargo* Bulk liquids* Bulk mail* Bulk material handling* Bulk pack, packaged bulk materials/products* Bulk purchasing- Physics :*Bulk density*Bulk modulus... |
4,705,940 |
| Nr of passengers Passenger A passenger is a term broadly used to describe any person who travels in a vehicle, but bears little or no responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination.... |
8,988,056 |
| Containers (TEU's) Twenty-foot equivalent unit The twenty-foot equivalent unit is an inexact unit of cargo capacity often used to describe the capacity of container ships and container terminals... |
560,812 |
| Containers* Shipping container A shipping container is a container with strength suitable to withstand shipment, storage, and handling. Shipping containers range from large reusable steel boxes used for intermodal shipments to the ubiquitous corrugated boxes... |
3,972,792 |
| Total*' | 20,269,163 |
-
- figures in tonnes
Container terminal
The terminal has a storage capacity of 1,336,000 m2, 70 mooring places, 11.5 km of dockDock (maritime)
A dock is a human-made structure or group of structures involved in the handling of boats or ships, usually on or close to a shore.However, the exact meaning varies among different variants of the English language...
s and an annual traffic capacity of around 500,000 TEU's
Twenty-foot equivalent unit
The twenty-foot equivalent unit is an inexact unit of cargo capacity often used to describe the capacity of container ships and container terminals...
.
Commercial cargo
The commercial cargoCargo
Cargo is goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship, aircraft, train, van or truck. In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal long-haul cargo transport.-Marine:...
section of the port has four terminals: one for timber
Timber
Timber may refer to:* Timber, a term common in the United Kingdom and Australia for wood materials * Timber, Oregon, an unincorporated community in the U.S...
, one for cellulose
Cellulose
Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula , a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to over ten thousand β linked D-glucose units....
and two for cereal
Cereal
Cereals are grasses cultivated for the edible components of their grain , composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran...
s with a total storage area of 75,000 m2 (35,000 sq m for timber and cellulose and 40,000 sq m for cereals).
Automobile terminal
The Port of Naples has one RoRo terminalRORO
Roll-on/roll-off ships are vessels designed to carry wheeled cargo such as automobiles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, trailers or railroad cars that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels...
with a total length of 850 m, a land area of 120,000 m2, storage capacity of 8,000 cars and a transshipment
Transshipment
Transshipment or Transhipment is the shipment of goods or containers to an intermediate destination, and then from there to yet another destination....
capacity of 900,000 units per year. The daily traffic with Sicily
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
alone is 700 vehicles per day.
In 2007 the RoRo terminal
RORO
Roll-on/roll-off ships are vessels designed to carry wheeled cargo such as automobiles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, trailers or railroad cars that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels...
handled 370,000 truck
Truck
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, with the smallest being mechanically similar to an automobile...
s and 475,000 cars
Automobile
An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
.
Passenger terminal
The Port of Naples is one of the largest passengerPassenger
A passenger is a term broadly used to describe any person who travels in a vehicle, but bears little or no responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination....
ports in Italy
Italy
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and one of the largest passenger
Passenger
A passenger is a term broadly used to describe any person who travels in a vehicle, but bears little or no responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination....
ports in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
with a total traffic of 8,988,056 people in 2007.
The cruise terminal has ten mooring places, seven mobile walkways
Walkway
In US English, a walkway is a composite or umbrella term for all engineered surfaces or structures which support the use of trails. These include sidewalks, footbridges, stiles, stairs, ramps, paseos or tunnels...
, 12 computerised check-in desks
Desk
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and an annual traffic capacity of around 1.5 million passengers.
Shipyard
The shipyardShipyard
Shipyards and dockyards are places which repair and build ships. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance and basing activities than shipyards, which are sometimes associated more with initial...
s are an important part of the Port of Naples. The structures of the ports shipyards consist of 3 brick-built docks
Dock (maritime)
A dock is a human-made structure or group of structures involved in the handling of boats or ships, usually on or close to a shore.However, the exact meaning varies among different variants of the English language...
and 4 floating docks
Dock (maritime)
A dock is a human-made structure or group of structures involved in the handling of boats or ships, usually on or close to a shore.However, the exact meaning varies among different variants of the English language...
.
The sector involves four large companies and 60 small workshops which undertake ship repairs, that have a total number of 2,000 employees and a turnover over US$ 200 million.