The
Port of Rijeka is a
seaport in
Rijeka,
Croatia, located on the shore of the
Kvarner Gulf in the
Adriatic Sea. The first records of the port date to 1281. It was the main port of the
Kingdom of Hungary in the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, of
Yugoslavia between
World War II and 1991, and of
Croatia after its independence. Today, it is the largest port in Croatia with a cargo throughput of 10.9 million tonnes (2015), mostly oil, general cargo and
bulk cargo, and 161,883
Twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). In 2008, the Port of Rijeka recorded 4,376 ship arrivals. It is managed by the Port of Rijeka Authority.