Port of Reggio, Commercial port in Reggio Calabria, Italy

The Port of Reggio opens onto the eastern shore of the Strait of Messina as an artificial basin sheltered by the long Banchina di Ponente. Its entrance mouth is 110 m wide, the quays run about 2.5 km, the basin covers 100,000 m² and the seabed averages 7.50 m deep. Inside lie the eastern quay with the fish market, the Margottini quay and, further south, the breakwater for pleasure boats.

The ancient Ausonian-Italic and Greek port stood in the southern part of the Reggio coast, but its exact position is unknown. In Roman times the harbour, called Columna Rhegina, lay to the north near the Strait of Messina. The present port was built in 1873 and enlarged after the 1908 earthquake; it occupies the western part of the Santa Caterina neighbourhood, near the city centre.

The fish market is an active place where local fishermen unload their daily catches and supplies arrive from across the Mediterranean. You can experience the port's role in regional trade simply by watching the fresh goods move through the market.

The entrance mouth is 110 m wide and the quays run about 2.5 km, with an average depth of 7.50 m and a tide range of 60 cm. The yacht marina on the northern mole has roughly 100 berths and shore services: water, power, fuel, showers, telephone and buses into the city. The fish market sits on the eastern quay; the western pier gives a wide view over Reggio.

One section of the port functions as a yacht marina with mooring spaces for smaller boats serving tourists. This makes it a bridge between commercial shipping and private pleasure boats.