Algeria
Algeria is a country in Northwest Africa bordered by Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Mauritania and Western Sahara. The main seaports are Alger, Skikda (largest by TEU), Arzew, Oran, Djen-Djen, Mostaganem and Bejaia. Ports are managed by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. The government has expansion plans but remians overshadowed by Morocco’s Tanger Med Port Complex.
Alicante boosts Ro-Pax lines to Algeria
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) November 6, 2024 – Spain’s Mediterranean Sea port of Alicante adds new lines with the Algerian ports of Oran and...
YILPORT Taranto starts exporting cars to Algeria
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) October 22, 2024 – YILPORT Taranto (San Cataldo Container Terminal) has welcomed a new Ro-Ro service which exports cars to...
Ambassador of Algeria visits Port of Koper
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – On 26 September 2024, the Ambassador of Algeria to Slovenia, Sabrina Kaci-Bey, made a working visit to...
Medusa plans North African subsea cable
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) July 9, 2024 – The Medusa project plans an 8,700-km undersea cable linking North African countries – Morocco,...
More cargo, less crude oil in Algeria’s Bejaia port in Q1’24
Bejaia, Algeria (Ports Europe) June 8, 2024 – Algeria’s Mediterranean port of Béjaïa (Bejaia) increased cargo handling by +5.11% in the first quarter of...
Croatia’s Krk LNG terminal receives first gas from Algeria
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) June 4, 2024 – Last week, the Krk liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on welcomed the 92nd methane tanker since it began...
Algerian minister calls for port development
Djen Djen, Algeria (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The Minister of Transport, Mohamed El-Habib Zahana, commented yesterday on the need to raise operational...
Algeria creates new shipping company, Cnan El Djazair
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – The Algerian government has decided to merge the Cnan Nord and Cnan Med shipping companies to form...
Algeria looks to support port operators
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) May 1, 2024 – An official at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport said last week in Algiers that the government...
Algeria minister details transport developments
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) May 1, 2024 – The Minister of Transport, Mohamed El Habib Zahana, emphasised last week the importance of development...
Algeria’s Djen-Djen port cargo down 3% in Q1, exports down 45%
Djen-Djen, Algeria (Ports Europe) May 1, 2024 – Cargo handled by Algeria’s Mediterranean port of Djen-Djen declined by -3% in the first quarter of 2024 to...
Update: Moscow to finance private firms to buy ports in Africa
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 29, 2024 – Russia is to buy ports in Africa to avoid sanctions restrictions for Russian exports, Roman Chekushov,...
Djen-Djen container terminal construction restarted, ready in 2025
Djen-Djen, Algeria (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – Container terminal construction at Algeria’s port of Djen-Djen, under the management of South Korean...
Update: Arzew €387 mln expansion targets €1.83 bln in revenue
Arzew, Algeria (Ports Europe) March 11, 2024 – Algeria’s Mediterranean Sea port of Arzew expansion project aims also to diversify the country’s exports...
Algeria’s Bejaia port handled 12.1 mln tonnes of cargo in 2023
Bejaia, Algeria (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – After two years of declining cargo traffic, Algeria’s Mediterranean port of Béjaïa handled 12.1...
Algeria pushes for faster expansion of Arzew port
Arzew, Algeria (Ports Europe) March 1, 2024 – Algeria’s Mediterranean port of Arzew has to speed up its expansion works, the country’s Minister of...
Algiers handled 2 million tonnes of cargo, 68,446 TEUs in Q3’23
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – Algeria’s Mediterranean port of Algiers (Port d’Alger), country’s largest, handling more...
Construction of ore quay to start in Annaba, Algeria
Annaba, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – Construction of an ore quay with a length of 1,600 meters and a depth of 16 meters will start by the end...
Algeria’s Mostaganem port handled 1.2 mln tonnes of cargo in 2023
Mostaganem, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – Algeria’s port of Mostaganem handled 1.323 million tonnes of cargo in 2023, which is +11% growth...
Algeria suffers from Moroccan port ban
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 6, 2024 – Last month, Algeria announced it had banned goods entering the country which were transshipped via a...