Main ports in the EU based on passenger traffic 2021
In 2021, the Italian Port of Messina was the leading port in the European Union (EU-27) based on the number of embarking and disembarking passengers, handling nearly 8.3 million passengers. Another port in Italy - the Port of Reggio di Calabria - ranked second, with more than 8.1 million passengers passing through the port in 2021. That year, about 16 percent more passengers were embarking and disembarking in EU ports as in 2020.
