# Porto Empedocle (IT PEM)

**UN/LOCODE:** IT PEM  
**Country:** Italy  
**Water Body:** Mediterranean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Breakwater)  
**GPS:** 37.2780, 13.5280

Two working wharves – Sciangula and Todaro – anchor Porto Empedocle, a mixed bulk and general-cargo port on Sicily's southern coast near Agrigento. Its trade is varied: imports of cement, sand, steel pipes and wine, exports of mineral salt, cement and pet-coke, plus a dedicated berth for loading bulk salt and a breakwater quay where tankers discharge fuel oil for the local power station. Roll-on/roll-off and passenger ferries link the port to the Pelagic islands of Lampedusa and Linosa. Liner container traffic is essentially absent; boxes move via Palermo, Catania or nearby Pozzallo. Sicily's road network carries cargo inland across the Agrigento province. For forwarders, Empedocle is a bulk, project and ferry port rather than a container gateway.

## Transit Times & Routes

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

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

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