In the last years the Mediterranean sea has been considered the center of the international shipping trades. Trapani, therefore, thanks to its position that is at the same distance from the channel of Suez and from the strait of Gibraltar, can be considered a port in the center of the center.This barycentric position gives to the Sicilian port great potentialities necessary for the development of short sea shipping traffics and all other traffics like general cargo, container and bulk and also cruise and yacht traffic.