# Messina (IT MSN)

**UN/LOCODE:** IT MSN  
**Country:** Italy  
**Water Body:** Mediterranean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Large  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Breakwater)  
**GPS:** 38.2000, 15.5667

More than 10 million passengers a year pass through IT MSN, ranking Messina among Italy's busiest passenger ports rather than its container hubs. The port's freight relevance rests on RoRo ferries across the Strait of Messina to Villa San Giovanni and Reggio Calabria, run by operators including Caronte & Tourist and state-linked Bluferries, carrying accompanied trucks between Sicily and mainland Italy. Cruise traffic is growing too, with about 780,000 cruise passengers recorded in 2024. Containerised and conventional general-cargo volumes, by contrast, remain limited and are not comparable to a deep-sea gateway. For container shipments or transhipment, forwarders turn to nearby Gioia Tauro in Calabria — Italy's largest box port at 3.94 million TEU in 2024 — or to the Sicilian ports of Catania and Palermo. For road haulage across the strait itself, however, Messina remains the essential link.

## Transit Times & Routes

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*Freight Academy — Seaport Profile: [https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/messina-port-it-msn](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/messina-port-it-msn)*

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