{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Porto Empedocle","identifier":"IT PEM","unlocode":"IT PEM","city":null,"country":"Italy","waterBody":"Mediterranean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"Coastal (Breakwater)","channelDepthMeters":11,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":37.278,"longitude":13.528},"description":"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 co","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/porto-empedocle-port-it-pem","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/porto-empedocle-port-it-pem","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Porto Empedocle · (UN/LOCODE: IT PEM) · Italy · Very Small · 11 m"}