Port of Ravenna

The docks are mainly on a canal that connects the town centre of Ravenna (which is inland) to the sea which is 12 km away.

[1] It hosted the second imperial fleet of the Roman Empire (according to Vegetius, Epitome of Military Science fourth book - the first one was located in Portus Julius near Capo Miseno near the Port of Naples) Even after the Empire's decline in the 5th century, the port kept active and entered a further golden age during the Byzantine dominion as the mosaics bear witness.

In 1738, the Corsini Canal (named after Pope Clement XII), connecting Ravenna to the sea, started up its activity.

The United States Navy established a naval air station at Porto Corsini on 24 July 1918 to operate seaplanes during World War I.

[2] After World War II a huge petrochemical plant was established, but the oil crisis of 1973 enhanced its multipurpose trade facilities.