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.
Alberia’s new El Hamdania port delayed
El Hamdania, Algeria (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – The project of the port of El Hamdania in the region of Tipasa, has been slightly delayed and the...
Port of Béjaïa launches projects to increase trade capacity
Béjaïa, Algeria (PortSEurope) December 1, 2017 – The long-term development plan that the port of Béjaïa has inscribed will strengthen the commercial...
CNAN-MED and Arkas Line to transport CKD parts for Renault Algeria plant in Oued Tlelat, Oran.
Oran, Algeria (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – An agreement has been signed between the Algerian shipping company CNAN-MED and its Turkish...
Corsica Linéa to operate Mostaganem to Marseille service
Mostaganem, Algeria (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 –Â Ryad Bouledjouidja, CEO of Entreprise Portuaire de Mostaganem (the Port Authority of Mostaganem),...
Director general of the port of Béjaïa criticised
Béjaïa, Algeria (Ports Europe) October 7, 2017 – The workers’ support committee of the Cevital group and economic interests in the wilaya of...
Finland’s Containerships launches line linking Barcelona port to Algeria, Turkey
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 – Finnish shipping group Containerships has launched a regular service connecting Barcelona port with Algeria...
DP World and Algeria discuss future port development plans
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, DP World Group Chairman and CEO, has met with the Algerian Minister of Public...
Algeria announces plan to develop ports and logistics
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) September 30, 2017 – The Minister of Public Works and Transport, Abdelghani Zaalane, that a national plan was being...
Algerian Minister visits El-Hamdania port project
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) September 9, 2017 – The Minister of Public Works and Transport, Abdelghani Zaalane has paid a working visit to the...
Barcelona port boosts short sea shipping lines traffic
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Barcelona port is offering more short sea shipping (SSS) lines with its main markets in Italy and North...
Barcelona port’s traffic with Italy, North Africa set to expand
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 10, 2017 – Barcelona port has put into service new short sea shipping lines with its main markets in Italy and north...
XPO Logistics restructures management of Iberian unit
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) August 4, 2017 – XPO Logistics has restructured the management of its transport division in Iberia, which includes Morocco,...
Baleà ria handles 53,000 passengers on Valencia-Mostaganem line in H1 2017
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 4, 2017 – The ferry line of Spanish company Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. between the ports of Valencia and...
Valencia-Mostaganem sea transport line handles 53,000 passengers in H1
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 3, 2017 – The sea transport line between Valencia and Mostaganem (Algeria), which has been operating in the port of...
CMA CGM launches direct service to link Morocco and Algeria to the Black Sea
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – The French CMA CGM Group is launching the Black Sea Med Express, created specifically to respond to the...
DP reports improved H1 2017 TEU traffic
Dubai, UAE (Ports Europe) 25 July 25, 2017 – DP World Limited handled 34.0 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of...
Valencia port tenders contract for aid to passengers travelling to Algeria
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 16, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has tendered the service contract of...
More than 29,000 passengers arrive in Oran in Q1, 2017
Oran, Algeria (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 –29,146 passengers arrived in the Algerian port of Oran from Spanish and French ports and further 21,069 passengers...
Algeria’s CNAN Nord to increase frequency of service to Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Algerian shipping company CNAN Nord is considering a potential increase of the frequency of its regular...
New maritime terminal opens in the port of Béjaïa
Béjaïa, Algeria (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – A new passenger terminal has been inaugurated in Béjaïa, Algeria’s second largest commercial port, located...