Located in the eastern Ligurian Sea, the Port of Marina di Carrara is today the world's most important port for the handling of stone products and more.
Due to its geographical location, it has become a natural outlet for many productions from Italy, Eastern and Central Europe.
From here depart goods destined for the 5 containing, e.g., pipes, machinery, boats.
Both the port and the backport center are served by a rail link, which, in addition to offering the possibility of receiving and shipping goods, due to its proximity to the Tyrrhenian ridge, is very competitive as well as environmentally sustainable.
It is also connected to the main Tyrrhenian highway with two very close by: Carrara (1 km) and Massa (5 km).
Below is useful information for operating within our port:
- Quay length: 500 mt
- Maximum draught: 10.30 mt
- Cargo handling cranes: no. 4, from 100 to 200 tons
- Basic working hours: 7:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
- Extraordinary night hours: 7:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.
- Normal working days: Monday (h.7:30) to Saturday (h. 19:30)
- Overtime working day: Sunday
- No. 80 people employed
- No. 2 tugs, from h. 7:00 to h. 24:00
- Pilots and Mooring Service h24
Dante Ghirlanda Agency was born in 1950 by its founder who, having returned from the Second World War, treasured an experience that began in the 1930s and decided to open a small shipping company.
At the beginning only maritime transports were organized in the Mediterranean area but in 1960, after signing a solid contract with DALMINE spa - the Italian steel company - the agency into international shipping.
Since then our company has served many of the largest shipowners, shipping steel, marble, mechanical constructions and various goods to ports around the world.
In our staff we have a supercargo always present during loading / unloading operations, a customs expert who has been working with us for over 40 years and an efficient and up-to-date operational / administrative department.
Licensed custom operatorswith over 40 years experience
Besides, we offer every type of assistance / consultation for import ed export
