{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Villa San Giovanni","identifier":"IT VSG","unlocode":"IT VSG","city":null,"country":"Italy","waterBody":"Mediterranean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Small","harborType":null,"channelDepthMeters":0,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":38.222,"longitude":15.63},"description":"Rail coaches rolling straight off the tracks and onto a ferry deck are the defining image of Villa San Giovanni, the Calabrian bridgehead for crossing the Strait of Messina to Sicily. Over a hop of about 4.5 nautical miles, Caronte & Tourist and RFI/Bluferries run roughly every 20 minutes, carrying cars, trucks and semi-trailers. The port's train-ferry service shunts passenger carriages from Rome and Naples onto purpose-built vessels bound for Messina. For freight, this makes Villa San Giovanni ","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/villa-san-giovanni-port-it-vsg","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/villa-san-giovanni-port-it-vsg","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Villa San Giovanni · (UN/LOCODE: IT VSG) · Italy · Small"}