The Largest Ports in Italy - Updated Rankings 2025
Italy is a nation largely surrounded by the sea, making it rich in strategically important ports for European and international maritime traffic. But which are the largest and most important ports? There are two different rankings: one regarding commercial ports and the other regarding tourist ports. Let's explore both!
Note: The following rankings are updated periodically and are based on the Port Infographics study published by Assoporti (Association of Italian Ports).
Largest and Most Important Commercial Ports
The method used to rank commercial ports is by counting the cargo flow transiting through the port in question, expressed in thousands of tons per year.
Here is the complete ranking of the top 15 positions for cargo flow transiting through the port:
- Trieste: 61,997,445
- Genoa: 52,759,195
- Livorno: 36,715,346
- Cagliari-Sarroch: 34,701,792
- Gioia Tauro: 29,122,760
- Ravenna: 26,256,248
- Venice: 24,917,830
- Messina-Milazzo: 24,295,221
- Augusta: 21,422,613
- Naples: 18,550,424
- Taranto: 18,125,171
- La Spezia: 15,881,905
- Savona-Vado: 14,392,738
- Salerno: 14,326,847
- Civitavecchia: 9,571,791
Largest and Most Important Tourist Ports
To classify the scope and importance of the Italian tourist ports, the number of tourists transiting through each port is counted annually. The count also includes passengers from local traffic, connections with Italian islands, and destinations in the same region.
Here is the complete ranking of the top 15 positions for annual passenger transit:
- Messina-Milazzo: 12,487,727
- Naples: 8,207,768
- Civitavecchia: 4,456,604
- Livorno: 3,566,271
- Genoa: 3,518,091
- Piombino: 3,199,694
- Olbia: 3,121,294
- Portoferraio-Rio Marina-Cavo: 3,020,683
- Palermo: 1,954,601
- Venice: 1,814,485
- Bari: 1,871,774
- Savona-Vado: 1,029,170
- Ancona-Falconara: 1,189,441
- Porto Torres: 1,116,242
- Salerno: 962,286