The Port of Vienna is the largest

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and one of the largest ports on the

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, with a total annual traffic capacity of around 12 million tonnes of

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Statistics

In 2007 the Port of Vienna handled 12,000,000 tonnes of cargo and 323,000

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making it the busiest

and container port in

and one of the largest in

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. :''* figures in millions of tonnes''

Terminals

Container terminal

The terminal was opened in 2000 and has a storage area of .

Automobile terminal

The cars terminal is one of the largest in

used for imports of new cars and can accommodate 10,000 cars at once on a plot of land.

General cargo

The

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terminal has a storage area of .

Passenger terminal

The Port of Vienna has one of the largest passenger terminals on the

; it handled 305,000

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in 2007.Largest passenger terminal in Austria
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References

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