Tunisia
Tunisia is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a part of the Maghreb region of North Africa, and is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its seaports are Bizerte, Gabès, La Goulette (Rades, Tunis), Sfax, Sousse and Zarzis.
Tunisia considers Bizerte port investment
Tunis, Tunisie (PortSEurope) June 22, 2023 – Tunisia is reviewing a proposal for a new Ro-Pax terminal in the port of Bizerte. This would be part of a...
Russia’s FESCO discusses maritime services with Tunisia
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 13, 2023 – Andrey Severilov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the FESCO Transport Group, and Hela Hanachi, Head...
Greek foreign minister visits Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia (PortSEurope) March 28, 2023 – Prime Minister Elyès Fakhfakh welcomed on Monday Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias. The...
New passenger service between Libya and Tunisia
Tripoli, Libya (Ports Europe) February 15, 2023 – The first voyage for passengers from the Libyan port of Tripoli to the commercial port of Zarzis in...
Tunisian ports handled 28.3 million tonnes of cargo in 2022
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) January 30, 2023 – Tunisian commercial ports handled 28.3 million tonnes of cargo in 2022, almost the same result as in 2021...
Tunisian port of Rades proceeds with a development project
Radès, Tunisia (Ports Europe) February 2, 2022 – Work to improve the operations of the Tunisian port of Rades began with a meeting in December 2022 of all...
Tunisian ports cargo volumes till September unchanged compared to 2021
Tunis, Tunisia (PortSEurope) December 19, 2022 – Tunisian commercial ports handled 21.3 million tonnes of cargo during the first nine months of 2022, an...
Tunisia wants to proceed with Enfidha port project
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) October 11, 2022 – Tunisia wants to proceed with Enfidha port project despite numerous delays. In January 2017, l’Office...
Cargo at Tunisian commercial ports steady in first 9 months, 2022
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) October 10, 2022 – In the first nine months of 2022, Tunisian commercial Ports recorded the transit of 21.3 million tons of...
Tunisia’s commercial traffic increased by 4% in 2021
Tunis, Tunisia (PortSEurope) April 13, 2022 – Tunisia’s commercial traffic increased by 4% in 2021 compared to 2020. Commercial seaports, including...
Tunisia: Total cargo traffic by sea – 2021
Tunis, Tunsia (Ports Europe) February 16, 2022 – L’Office de la Marine Marchande et des Ports (OMMP) has published the total cargo figures for Tunisia’s...
Tunisia’s Port of Radès seeks investment
Radès, Tunisia (Ports Europe) February 2, 2022 – The Ministry of Transport has announced the appointment of Foued Othman as the new CEO of l’Office de...
Concessioner for Tunisian new deep-sea port of Enfidha to be selected by end-November
Enfidha, Tunisia (PortSEurope) November 8 – A concessioner for the future deep-sea port of Enfidha, on Tunisia’s Eastern Mediterranean Sea coastline...
Tunisia: Total seaport cargo traffic down slightly in 2020
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) August 21, 2021 – In the year 2020, total cargo handled by the seaports of Tunisia was 26.73 million tonnes, down slightly...
Tunisia: Total cargo handled in 2019/2020 by seaport
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) August 21, 2021 – L’Office de la Marine Marchande et des Ports (OMMP) has reported total cargo handled in 2019/2020 by...
Tunisia: Total cargo traffic – January-July 2021
Tunis, Tunsia (Ports Europe) August 21, 2021 – L’Office de la Marine Marchande et des Ports (OMMP) has published the total cargo traffic figures for...
MCC’s board approves nearly $500 million for Tunisia Compact
The Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) Board of Directors met on June 30 and voted unanimously to approve a $498.7 million compact with the Government...
Joint statement by French Prime Minister and the head of the Tunisian government
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – French Prime Minister Jean Castex was in Tunis on June 2 and 3, 2021, for the third Franco-Tunisian High...
Tunisia and France sign maritime agreement
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – During the visit of French Prime Minister Jean Castex to Tunisia, the two countries signed several...
Minister Giovannini meets the Minister of Transport and Logistics of Tunisia
The Minister of Sustainable Infrastructure and Mobility, Enrico Giovannini, today had a videoconference interview with his Tunisian counterpart, Moez Chakchouk...