Technical Data
Port Specifications
- UNLOCODE
- ITTAR
- Port Type
- Bulk
- Terminals
- 6
- Berth Count
- 12
- Max Draught
- 19.7 m
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
Conditions
Current Weather
Overview
About This Port
The Port of Taranto is a port serving Taranto, southeastern Italy. One of the first in Italy for goods traffic, it is located on the northern coast of the gulf and plays an important role commercially and strategically. It has three entrances, two of which are operational. Its management is entrusted to the Port Authority, which is based within the port. Since 2011 the container terminal has been run by the Taranto Container Terminal SpA, which is 60% owned by Hutchison Whampoa and 40% owned by Evergreen Marine Corporation.
Location
Coordinates
40.4667°N, 17.2000°E
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Port Congestion
30-Day Berth Occupancy Trend
Waiting Vessels Trend
Port-call activity
Arrivals, time in port and cargo operations detected from AIS — the position-inferred congestion signal, with the full dwell distribution rather than a single average.
- in port
- in port
- in port
- · 9 h
- in port
- · 43 h
- · 2.4 d
- · 3.9 d
- in port
- in port
- · 2.4 d
- · 14 h
- in port
- · 3.0 d
- in port
- in port
- · 4.4 d
- in port
- in port
- · 9 h
- · 22 h
- in port
- in port
- · 29 h
- in port
- · 22 h
- in port
- in port
Expected arrivals
2 inboundVessels underway broadcasting a destination that resolves to this port, closest first. Distance is the real sea route (around land and through canals); the computed ETA is at the vessel’s passage speed. The crew’s own reported ETA is shown alongside for comparison.
| Vessel | Type | Distance | Speed | ETA (computed) | Crew ETA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| URSA MAJOR | Articulated Pusher Tug | 0 nm | 8.8 kn | 30 Jun | 29 Jun |
| URSA MINOR | Pusher Tug | 206 nm | 9.7 kn | 1 Jul | 1 Jul |
Risk & quality
Port risk & quality
A coverage-weighted blend of recorded Port-State-Control detentions, marine casualties and live congestion at Taranto. Higher means more risk exposure for a ship calling here — it is a count of recorded events, not a judgement of the port's management.
Built from 33% of the three signals (scored on a single signal — treat as indicative).
Method. Each signal is normalised to 0–10 against an empirical cap, then blended weighting safety (detentions 0.40, casualties 0.35) above operational congestion (0.25). A port is scored only on the signals it has data for, and the weights renormalise — a missing signal is never credited as a safe 0.
Coverage. PSC and casualty data here is regional (US, UK, Canada), so most ports show only congestion and carry a low-confidence flag. Detention/casualty counts come from a country-scoped name match (≈60% of US detentions resolve); unmatched records are dropped, not force-fit.
Detention and casualty signals are screened against open port-state-control and marine-casualty records, combined with our own AIS-derived congestion. Updated Jun 23, 2026.
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