Located in the innermost part of the Gulf of Ancona

It is the first Italian port for international traffic of vehicles and passengers. Among the first ports of the Adriatic for goods, as far as fishing is concerned, the fish markets of Ancona are together in second place in the Adriatic and in sixth place nationally while for gross tonnage, the fishing port is in third place in Italy and first in the Adriatic with 4,566 GRT.