The flow connected with the traghettamento has already caught up in the years an eighty entity of approximately 20 million passengers and has gone increasing progressively in the years succeeded to you with a number consisting of motors vehicle and thousands of railway wagons. Intense, the activity that the ships ferry of the FF.SS. and of the other marine societies they carry out in order to above all make forehead to this great flow of passengers and goodses during the summery season for the numerous tourists who choose the Sicily like goal of their vacations. It has been attempted to face the relative problem to the unavoidable slowing down of the mercantile traffic from and for the Sicily with several proposals and, above all in the course of these last years, with the possible construction of a bridge that connected the Sicily to the continent. For the realization of this huge work, after several feasibility studies, it has been constituted, as a result of legislative participation, in 1981, the Tight Society of Messina, which they are met understood them of IRI, ANAS, FF.SS. and of the Regions Calabria and Sicily.

The harbour activity is that one that sure concurs one discreet economic resource for the city. The harbour area (approximately 820.000 mq), already limited around to the scythe that constitutes the natural creek, allonge today with a gemmation until to the oadstead of S. Francisco where they are situates the piers to you of the private societies for the attraversamento of the Strait.

Messina is important node of marine communications, to the docks of its Port they berth ships of large tonnage like mercantile ocean-going liners and ships beyond that military ships and hydrofoils.

The total length of the wharves is of approximately 1800 meters;

the 4 shipyards; 2 nautical circles.

Berthing Ship Ferry

Colapesce wharf has length of 295 meters with a depth in anchorage of 11 meters fenders and railroads FF.SS., berths you fleeting, military ships and from cargo.

Marconi wharf has length of 183 meters with a depth in anchorage of 10 meters - fenders and railroads FF.SS., berth you cargo ships of medium tonnage.

Wharf I make bristle has length of 200 meters and 7 meters of depth in anchorage - fenders, railroads FF.SS., crane 6/15, silos grain, berth you cargo ships of medium tonnage.

Norimberga wharf of head measure one length of 98 meters and 7 meters of depth - refueling, cargo and drainage mineral oils

Aegean wharf has length of 165 meters and 6 meters of depth - diporto, small boats, hydrofoils in repair.

Vespri wharf has length of 102 meters with a depth in anchorage of meters 6,5 - fleeting ships and hydrofoils from and for the Islands Eolie and Naples berth You.

Wharf 1° September has length of 224 meters with a depth in anchorage of 11 meters - fenders and railroads FF.SS., berths you fleeting, military ships and from cargo.

Pelòro wharf has length of 151 meters with a depth in anchorage of 9 meters - fenders, railroads FF.SS. and crane 6/15, berth you medium cargo ships tonnage.

Norimberga wharf of South the West has length of 165 meters and 8,5 meters of depth

Ships in attended of repairs.

Norimberga wharf of East North has one length of 138 meters and 7 meters of depth in anchorage - binary FF.SS., ships in attended of repairs.

Red wharf has length of 40 meters and 12 of depth - several Ships tail guy mooring