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| Name; Location; Estimated Military Port Capacity* | Activities | Harbor | Berths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palermo
38°07'N., 13°22'E. 14,500 |
Principal port and capital of Sicily. Receipts—coal, cereals, flour, fertilizers, asphalt, cement, petroleum, metals. Shipments—mostly manufactured goods. Container transshipment facilities available.
1 large, 1 small shipyard; largest drydocking facility, 938-ft floating drydock. |
Well-sheltered, artificial, breakwater-protected harbor; water area, 25 acres; depths, 24 to 102 ft.
Fairway limitations—Approach free and clear; entrance 800 ft wide; depths leading to berths generally exceed depths in berths. Largest vessel accommodated—Would occupy alongside general berth with least depth of 39 ft; length not limiting. |
Alongside—5 large, 12 standard, 8 small ocean-type, 8 standard, 3 small coaster-type cargo vessels; 30 lighters.
Anchorage—4 ocean-type, 1 coaster-type berths 1 mile off harbor entrance over good holding ground of sand; open to N and E. |
| Savona-Vado Ligure
41°19'N., 8°30'E. 12,000 |
Important POL and manufacturing center. Receipts—petroleum products, steel, iron, pig iron, salt, fish, phosphate. Shipments—coke, olive oil, tanning extracts, automobiles, machinery.
2 small shipyards build and repair small vessels; 1 end-haul marine railway with a 1,100-ton hauling capacity. |
Artificial harbor formed by mainland and mole with breakwater extension to S; harbor consists of main harbor with 3 basins, water area, 100 acres, depths, 6 to 33 ft; and Rada di Vado, S of main harbor, forming semicircular area of some 4½ miles, depths, 6 to 60 ft.
Fairway limitations—Approach deep and clear; depths leading to berths exceed depths in berths. Largest vessel accommodated—Would occupy alongside general berth with least depth of 30 ft; tanker would occupy stern-to berth with least depth of 39 ft; length not limiting in either case. |
Alongside—1 large, 8 standard, 3 small ocean-type, 4 standard, 11 small coaster-type cargo vessels; 13 lighters; 3 large, 4 standard ocean-type, 1 standard coaster-type tanker.
Anchorage—Large number of berths for all classes in Rada di Albissola, in depths of 36 to 72 ft, over good holding ground of sand; protected except from SE. |
| Taranto
40°28'N., 17°14'E. 25,000 |
Principal naval operating base. Headquarters of Ionian Naval District. Receipts—wheat, coal, petroleum products, steel, cement. Shipment—wine, licorice roots, olive oil, steel pipe.
2 large shipyards build and repair merchant and naval vessels. Largest repair facility is 869-ft floating drydock. |
Medium-size, fairly well protected, coastal breakwater harbor divided into 2 sections, outer and inner harbor; water area, 16 sq. miles; central depths, 33 to 170 ft.
Fairway limitations—Approach deep and clear; inner harbor entrance through artificial passage 190 ft wide, controlling depth, 39 ft; depths leading to berths exceed depths in berths. Largest vessel accommodated—Would occupy alongside general berth with least depth of 34 ft; tanker berth with least depth of 39 ft, naval berth with least depth of 26 ft; length not limiting in any case. |
Alongside—4 large, 6 standard, 9 small ocean-type, 4 standard coaster-type cargo vessels; 62 lighters; 1 large, 3 standard, 5 small ocean-type, 4 standard coaster-type tankers; 1 river-type tank barge; 25 medium, 16 small naval vessels; 1 medium naval tanker; 1 standard coaster-type tanker (offshore pipeline).
Anchorage—Numerous berths for all sizes of vessels in outer harbor in depths 36 to 100 ft. Mooring—10 standard oceangoing cargo vessels; 32 large, 80 medium, 29 small naval vessels. |
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