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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Algeria’s port of Djen-Djen enlargement to turn it into a container hub
Djen-Djen, Algeria (Ports Europe) June 7, 2022 – The enlargement of the port of Djen-Djen, under the management of South Korean group Daewoo, will turn...
Trasmediterránea resumes AlmerÃa-Nador ferry service
AlmerÃa, Spain (Ports Europe) May 30, 2022 – Trasmediterránea has resumed the ferry service with passengers between AlmerÃa and the Moroccan...
Algerian ports introduce digital cargo monitoring platforms
Algiers, Algeria (PortSEurope) April 5, 2022 – The SERPORT group has set up the APCS platform in Algerian ports, according to CEO, Achour Djelloul. The...
President of the Port Authority of AlmerÃa visits Algeria
The president of the Port Authority of AlmerÃa (APA), Jesús Caicedo, has joined a multi-sectoral direct mission to Algeria, organized by Extenda-AndalucÃa...
Port of Algiers handled less cargo in Q3 2021
Algiers, Algeria – Port of Algiers (Algers) results in Q3 of 2021 were lower compared to the July-September period of 2020, according to the Port of...
Almeria-Algeria passenger traffic up by 92% since the reopening of the border
AlmerÃa, Spain (PortSEurope) December 17, 2021 –Â Over 5,400 passengers have traveled on the ferries between AlmerÃa and the Algerian ports of Oran and...