Port of Salerno, Commercial port in Salerno, Italy

The Port of Salerno occupies 1,700,000 m² in the Gulf of Salerno, near the border with Vietri sul Mare, with 500,000 m² of land areas and 9 quays along a 2,950 m front. It is sheltered by the 350 m Molo Foraneo, the 1,550 m Molo di Levante and the 1,180 m Molo di Ponente, with 16 berths on 5 piers. The Manfredi Pier, about 380 m long, handles cruise ships, ferries and hydrofoils.

Salerno had a landing place from early times, but the first recorded organisation of the port dates to the 13th century, when Manfred of Sicily ordered its enlargement. A fully usable commercial harbour was built in the 1970s, despite controversy over its siting. In July 2010 Lisbon named it best European port for goods and passenger traffic relative to available space, and in 2013 the EU listed it among 319 key European ports.

From Manfredi Pier, ferries and hydrofoils run to Cetara, Maiori, Minori, Amalfi, Positano, Agropoli, Palinuro and Marina di Camerota, plus the Aeolian Islands, Capri and Ischia. The pier also handles cruise ships, so boat traffic mixes with cruise passengers along the quay.

Ferries and hydrofoils for the Amalfi Coast (Cetara, Maiori, Minori, Amalfi, Positano) and the Cilento ports (Agropoli, Palinuro, Marina di Camerota) leave from Manfredi Pier, which also handles cruise ships; crossings to the Aeolian Islands, Capri and Ischia also depart from the city. The commercial area runs from the Vietri sul Mare boundary to the root of Molo 3 Gennaio, with access gates at Ponente, Trapezio, Guaimario and the Manfredi road.

The Stazione Marittima on Molo Manfredi was designed by Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-British architect who won the Pritzker Prize in 2004. In July 2010, at Lisbon, the port was named best European port for goods and passenger traffic relative to available space, and the European Commission singled it out as the only Italian port invited to present its Port Security Plan at a continental safety conference.