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.
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...
No financing for El-Hamdania port, Algeria
Cherchell, Algeria (PortSEurope) November 2, 2023 – Cash-strapped Algeria is desperately seeking financing for its overambitious El-Hamdania project, the...
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...
New cargo service between the ports of Djen-Djen and Dakar
Djen-Djen, Algeria (PortSEurope) July 6, 2022 – A new shipping line between Algeria’s port of Djen-Djen and the port of Dakar in Senegal (2,200...