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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.

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...

Algeria bans cargo transshipped via ports in Morocco

Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) January 15, 2024 – The Algerian government has announced it has banned goods entering the country which have transshipped...

Russian naval ship docks in Algiers

Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) September 8, 2023 – The Algerian Ministry of Defence reported that a Russian ship from the Black Sea fleet made a...

Algeria’s port railway dream

El-Hamdania, Algeria (Ports Europe) August 14, 2023 – Algeria has an overly ambitious program to establish railway links between its Mediterranean ports in...

Port of Algiers sees +14% cargo increase in Q1 2023

Algiers, Algeria (PortSEurope) June 22, 2023 – The Port of Algiers has reported a +14% cargo increase in Q1 2023. In this period the port handled 55,955...

Petronac to build petrochemical plant in Arzew industrial zone

Algiers, Algeria (PortSEurope) June 12, 2023 – Petrofac and China Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation (HQC), have been conditionally...

Expansion works start at the Port of Arzew, Algeria

Arzew, Algeria (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – Expansion works have started at the port of Arzew to construct two berths dedicated to ship repair. Last...

Algeria’s Oran port completes container terminal extension

Oran, Algeria (Ports Europe) January 31, 2023 – Oran port has completed the extension of its container terminal, according to Chairman and CEO of...

Turkish consulate to open in Algerian Port of Oran

Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 9, 2022 – A Turkish consulate will be opened in the Algerian Port of Oran, Northwest Algeria. “We will open a...

Algeria’s port of Oran increases non-hydrocarbon exports

Oran, Algeria (Ports Europe) September 2, 2022 – Algeria’s port of Oran increased non-hydrocarbon exports by 163% in the first half of 2022...

Algerian Port of Arzew exports large pipes for first time

Arzew, Algeria (Ports Europe) September 1, 2022 – The Mediterranean Port of Arzew has exported large steel pipes for first time. The pipes were...

Port of Cartagena opens new maritime line with Algerian ports

Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) June 17, 2022 – The Port of Cartagena continues to increase its logistics competitiveness by opening a new maritime line...

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