Venice

The port of Venice is located within the Venetian lagoon and covers two areas: the Marittima, in the historic center that accommodates passenger traffic, and Porto Marghera where cargo traffic (containers, solid and liquid bulk) and ferries are concentrated. 

The Marittima is accessed by land from the Ponte della Libertà bridge and by sea from the mouth of Lido through the S.Nicolò-Bacino S.Marco-Canale Giudecca canal, a distance of about 10 km. It is also connected to Marghera through the Vittorio Emanuele Canal. The Marghera areas are widely accessible by land: by rail via the Venezia Mestre railway junction; by road from a wide network close to the A4 (Turin-Trieste) and A27 (Venice-Belluno) freeway junction. These infrastructures fit within the main TEN-T network where the port of Venice is identified as a connecting node (core node), between the European Baltic-Adriatic and Mediterranean corridors. Porto Marghera can be reached by sea from the Malamocco inlet via the Malamocco-Marghera Coastal Canal for a distance of about 15 km. The port of call is part of the North Adriatic Ports Association (Napa) along with the ports of Trieste, Koper and Rijeka.

The port of Venice is managed by the Venice Port Authority and together with the port Chioggia goes to make up the Northern Adriatic Sea System Authority. The Port of Venice (abbreviated VCE) is the eighth largest port by volume of commercial traffic in Italy and one of the most important in the Mediterranean Sea in terms of the cruise sector.