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An infographic on the Port of Taranto
The Port of Taranto
is located at the
coordinates
40
°
28
'
46
"N
17
°
14
'
531
"E
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distance from Gibraltar
1268
NM
and distance from Suez
954
NM
A container ship travelling
at a speed of
22 knots
would pass through the Strait of Gibraltar
after
2 days and 9 hours
and the Suez Canal
after
1 day and 21 hours
The port of Taranto extends over
0 m
100 m
25
km
of coastline
8 km
as the crow flies
But how
big
is the Port of Taranto?
If we consider a
football pitch
with an area of
0,7 ha
to cover the whole port would require
464
football pitches
How
long
is it ?
The length of the quays
comes to
9995
m
which is equivalent to
199,9
lenghts
of an Olympic-size
swimming pool
a distance the freestyle world
champion would cover in
69 minutes e 39 seconds.
How
deep
is it?
the same as the height of an
8
-storey building
1498
people work in the port
These are the
tasks
the workers
are required to perform
most often during
their shifts
1498
workers
14%
Loading/unloading worker
14%
Other
19%
Crane operator, operator and
driver of operational machinery
29%
Industrial cleaner
4%
Forklift driver
5%
Clerk
5%
AWP operator
1%
Slinger
3%
Cargo lasher
3%
Welder
3%
Driver
