{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Gioia Tauro","identifier":"IT GIT","unlocode":"IT GIT","city":null,"country":"Italy","waterBody":"Tyrrhenian Sea; Mediterranean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Large","harborType":"Canal or Lake","channelDepthMeters":17.1,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":38.444,"longitude":15.89},"description":"At roughly 4.5 million TEU in 2025 — a 14% jump and an all-time record — Gioia Tauro ranks among the busiest container ports in the Mediterranean, yet about 96% of those boxes never touch Italian soil. The Calabrian port is a pure transshipment hub, relaying containers ship-to-ship on the Asia–Mediterranean–North Europe trades. Operations centre on the Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT), controlled by MSC's Terminal Investment Limited, which has poured more than €140 million into new equipment a","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/gioia-tauro-port-it-git","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/gioia-tauro-port-it-git","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Gioia Tauro · (UN/LOCODE: IT GIT) · Italy · Large · 17.1 m"}