Port of Bari

The Port of Bari is a port serving Bari, southeastern Italy. The port of Bari is traditionally considered Europe's door to the Balkan Peninsula and the Middle East, and is a multipurpose port able to meet all operational requirements. Among the largest ports on the Adriatic, in 2012 the port of Bari handled about 2 million passengers, of which about 650,000 were cruise passengers. Cruise ship companies operating at the port include AIDA, Costa Crociere, MSC Crociere, Phoenix Reisen, Celebrity Cruises and Royal [Caribbean International]. After the fall of the Western Empire, the Greeks had control of Bari.