Port of Piombino, Port in Piombino, Italy.

The Port of Piombino is an active maritime hub on the Tuscan coast that connects the mainland with the island of Elba. The facility has multiple docking stations for passenger ferries and cargo vessels, serving hundreds of travelers and workers daily.

The port is documented as early as 417, when Rutilius Namatianus mentions it as the port of Falesia, used mainly to land iron ore from Elba. It declined in the early Middle Ages and was used regularly again from 1399 with the founding of the State of Piombino, though it lay about 3 km outside the walls. In the 19th century steelworks nearby brought a mole and four piers; it was almost destroyed in the Second World War, then rebuilt and turned to passengers in the 1960s.

Ferries leave for Elba, Sardinia, Corsica and Pianosa; Pianosa was a prison island reachable only by guards and inmates until landing there became possible. The name Falesia was recorded by the poet Rutilius Namatianus in 417. Trawlers still land a modest share of the catch at the quays.

Ferries for Elba use the Dente Nord, Elba Nord and Elba Sud piers and the hydrofoil quay, while Sardinia and Corsica crossings mostly leave from the Giuseppe Pecoraro pier; the Batteria breakwater is usually taken by Elba departures. Depths range from 7 to 20 metres. The cruise berth lies in the northern part of the port.

The port was almost completely destroyed during the Second World War and rebuilt after the conflict; its later growth came in the 1960s with tourism to Elba. The harbour is bounded south by the breakwater mole called Batteria and north by the steelworks pier.