# Patrai (GR GPA)

**UN/LOCODE:** GR GPA  
**Country:** Greece  
**Water Body:** Ionian Sea; Mediterranean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Breakwater)  
**GPS:** 38.2500, 21.7333

Patras is first and foremost Greece's truck ferry to Italy rather than a container port. Set on the Gulf of Patras in the north-western Peloponnese, its South (New) Port concentrates the Italy services of operators such as Superfast, ANEK, Blue Star and Grimaldi, carrying both passengers and accompanied or unaccompanied trailers. Sailings reach Ancona in under 25 hours, Bari in about 17.5 hours and Venice in 30 to 36 hours. For forwarders this makes Patras a roll-on/roll-off land bridge for road freight into western and central Europe. Additional ferry lines link the port to Ionian islands such as Kefalonia and Ithaca. Containerised cargo, by contrast, moves through Piraeus or Thessaloniki.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [Piraeus → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/piraeus-shanghai)
- [Piraeus → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/piraeus-shenzhen)
- [Piraeus → Guangzhou](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/piraeus-guangzhou)
- [Piraeus → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/piraeus-hong-kong)
- [Piraeus → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/piraeus-tokyo)
- [Piraeus → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/piraeus-busan)

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