Civitavecchia Port (port code: ITCVV) is one of the busiest ferry ports in the world and the main tourist destination for people traveling to the Eternal City. It lies on Italy’s eastern shores on the Tyrrhenian Sea, just 80 kilometers northwest of Rome.
The port offers a safe, sheltered harbour with numerous facilities for general and bulk cargo, oil products and passengers. It has about 2 million square meters of quays, 34 operational berths from 100 to 400 meters in length, for over 16 kilometers of berths, with draft up to 18 meters and rocky bottoms. It consists of various basins protected by a long outer mole called Antimurale Colombo on the middle part of which is located the cruise vessel Pier No 12.
The port has capacity to handle about 11 million tons of cargo per year and over 1.5 million passengers. It handles more than 8.77 million tons of cargo, 33,540TEU, and 1.26 million passengers annually. The cargo handled include forest products, cereals, iron and steel, chemicals, automobiles, containers, and liquid bulk.
Each year approximately 553 vessels visit this port, among which around 29% are cargo vessels, and 26% are fishing vessels. The maximum length of the vessels recorded to having entered this port is 363 meters. The maximum draught is 14.6 meters. The maximum deadweight is 134,869t.