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FIGURE 9. Major ports (C) (Continued)
Name; Location; Estimated Military Port Capacity* Activities Harbor Berths
Cagliari

39°13'N., 9°07'E.

11,400

Chief port and capital of Sardinia; important naval base. Receipts—coal, timber, grain, machinery, containers. Shipments—salt, charcoal, wine, hides, lead, zinc, sugar, cattle, corn, flour, containers.

1 small shipyard; largest repair facility is floating dry dock 300 ft long.

Well-protected, artificial, breakwater-protected harbor; water area 600 acres; depths, 6 to 30 ft.

Fairway limitations—Approach free and clear; entrance width, 1,300 ft, depth, 36 ft, depths leading to berths exceed depths in berths.

Largest vessel accommodated—Would occupy alongside general berth with least depth of 27 ft; tanker berth with least depth of 36 ft; length not limiting in either case.

Alongside—6 standard, 1 small ocean-type, 4 standard coaster-type cargo vessels; 9 lighters; 1 large, 2 small ocean-type tankers; 1 river-type tank barge; 9 medium, 13 small naval vessels.

Anchorage—Large number of berths for all sizes of vessels S of harbor in depths up to 60 ft over good holding ground of mud; open to SE.

Moorings—3 medium, 1 small naval vessel.

Catania

37°30'N., 15°06'E.

35,000

Shipping center for rich Sicilian agricultural area. Receipts—grain, sulfur ore, coal, lumber. Shipments—refined sulfur, lavatic building stone, citrus fruits, wine, olive oil, fish, many manufactured items. Container transshipment facilities available.

3 small marine railways make minor repairs to small craft.

Artificial, rectangular harbor formed by breakwater and 2 moles; area, 1 sq. mile; general depths, 24 to 35 ft.

Fairway limitations—Approach deep and clear; entrance to inner harbor between 2 moles; width, 800 ft; depths, 33 ft; depths leading to berths exceed depths in berths.

Largest vessel accommodated—Would occupy alongside general berth with least depth of 32 ft, length not limiting.

Alongside—4 large, 1 standard, 9 small ocean-type, 1 standard, 7 small coaster-type cargo vessels; 52 lighters.

Anchorage—Large number of berths for all sizes of vessels ½ mile SE of port in depths of 66 ft; good holding ground of sand.

Genoa

44°24'N., 8°56'E.

85,600

Important maritime and industrial center. Receipts—petroleum, metallic minerals, scrap iron, coal, grain, chemical products, foodstuffs, machinery, containers. Shipments—refined petroleum products, machinery, vehicles, textiles, chemical products, glassware, wine, cheese, containers.

3 large, 1 medium, 5 small shipyards engaged in shipbuilding and repair. Largest dry dock has 935-ft length.

Large, breakwater-protected, artificial harbor extending 5⅓ miles across N end of Gulf of Genoa; consists of commercial (fronting Genoa proper) and industrial (fronting W Genoa) divisions; water area, 900 and 300 acres, respectively; general depths, 9 to 60 ft.

Fairway limitations—Approach through gulf clear and deep; W entrance to commercial division, between outer breakwater and head of Nino Romeo mole, is 500 ft wide and has controlling depth of 33 ft; E entrance, customarily used, lies between 2 breakwaters and is 675 ft wide; controlling depth, 49 ft; entrance to industrial division, at W end of harbor between Multedo breakwater and N wide of airport area, is 450 ft wide; controlling depth, 51 ft; depths leading to berths generally exceed depths in berths.

Largest vessel accommodated—Would occupy alongside general berth with least depth of 39 ft; tanker berth with least depth of 52 ft; length not limiting in either case.

Alongside—40 large, 41 standard, 19 small ocean-type, 21 standard, 29 small coaster-type cargo vessels; 76 lighters; 10 large, 1 standard, 3 small ocean-type tankers; 1 standard coaster-type tanker.

Anchorage—Large number of berths for all sizes of vessels in Gulf of Genoa in 50 to 175 ft depths over mud and sand; open SE to NW.

Mooring—10 large, 15 standard, 7 small ocean-type cargo vessels; 8 large, 2 standard, 1 small ocean-type tanker.


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