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.
WestMED: European Commission makes €1.4 million available for local support
Algiers, Algeria (PortSEurope) October 14, 2018 WestMED: European Commission makes €1.4 million available for local support Meeting on 3 October in Algiers,...
Mostaganem port sees 56% increase in volume of commercial activity in Jan-Sept 2018
Mostaganem, Algeria (PortSEurope) October 14, 2018 – Total commercial activity at Mostaganem port in the first nine months of 2018 was 1.23 million...
Spain’s AR Racking executes design project near Algiers port
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) September 7, 2018 – Spanish company AR Racking has executed the extension project of the logistic centre of Agility Global...
Algerian delegation studies Barcelona’s single port window system
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 3, 2018 – Barcelona port has received the visit of an Algerian delegation, made up of representatives of several...
Algeria launches dry port to back Algiers harbour
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Algeria’s government has launched a dry port in the area of the Rouïba industrial zone, which will...
Railway line expansion project to Algeria’s Djendjen port to be completed in early 2019
Djendjen, Algeria (Ports Europe) July 26, 2018 – Algerian Minister of Public Works and Transport, Abdelghani Zaâlane, has said that the project for the...
New container transfer system from the port of Algiers to dry ports
Algiers, Algeria (PortSEurope) June 20, 2018 – A new system for the transfer of containers from the port of Algiers to dry ports has been put in place by...
Mostaganem port acquires equipment to facilitate traffic flows
Mostaganem, Algeria (PortSEurope) June 20, 2018 – Mostaganem port has acquired new equipment to facilitate the handling of passengers and vehicles at the...
Italy’s Vittoria Shipyard delivers tugboat to Algeria’s Skikda port
Skikda, Algeria (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – Italian company Cantiere Navale Vittoria SpA, a specialist in the design and construction of military and...
Algeria to launch dredging project at Dellys port in Q3 2018
Dellys, Algeria (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – The dredging of the fishing and commercial port of Dellys in Algeria will be launched in the third quarter of...
Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, key partners for the port of Marseille-Fos
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 12, 2018 – For the Grand Port Maritime of Marseille (GPMM), the Maghreb is a leading partner with Algeria remaining...
New Algiers Port’s marine passenger terminal to be inaugurated next May
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) April 8, 2018 –Â The new marine passenger terminal of Algiers port will be inaugurated in next May, Minister of Public...
Valencia port participates in Hispano-Algerian Business Meeting
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 6, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), represented by Francesc Sánchez, took part in the...
Arkas Line upgrades Algerian services
Béjaïa, Algeria (Ports Europe) March 20, 2018 – Arkas Line (Arkas Container Transport S.A.) has announced the expansion of its services to Algeria with the...
Center for Transport Studies for the Western Mediterranean promotes the continuity of Mediterranean Corridor to Maghreb
Geneva, Switzerland (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 –Â A delegation from the Center for Transport Studies for the Western Mediterranean (CETMO) joined the...
A new shipping line linking Oran to Barcelona has started
Oran, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 –Â L’Entreprise Nationale de Transport Maritime de Voyageurs (ENTMV) has started a new passenger and...
Event: Algeria infrastructure 2018 – Algiers, February 12-14, 2018
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – The Minister of Public Works and Transport, Abdelghani Zaalane, has opened the 5th edition of the...
Government looks to speed up DP World work on Algiers port container terminal
Algiers, Algeria (PortSEurope) Janury 14, 2018 –Â Minister of Public Works and Transport Abdelghani Zaalane highlighted on Saturday during an inspection...
Algeria government aims to make El Hamdania a top 30 container port
Algiers, Algeria (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – According to Algeria’s direction des Travaux publics (DTP – Public Works Department), El...
LafargeHolcim starts cement exports from Algeria’s Arzew port
Oran, Algeria (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 –Â LafargeHolcim Algeria has completed its first cement export on Tuesday – 16600 tons of gray...