Maghrebian Ports: Casablanca, Algiers

EENI- School of International Business

Subject Description: Ports in the Maghreb: Oran, Agadir, Mohammedia, Tangier, Goulette, Rades, Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte.

  1. The largest ports in the Maghreb
  2. Morocco: Port of Casablanca (the largest port in the Maghreb). Ports of Mohammedia, Agadir, Tangier, and Al Hoceima
  3. Tunisia: Ports of Goulette, Rades, Bizerte, Sousse, and Sfax
  4. Algeria: Ports of Algiers and Oran

Case Study:

  1. The transport sector in Algeria.
  2. Tangier Free Zone

The objectives of the subject “Maghrebian Ports” are:

  1. To know the largest ports in the Maghreb
  2. To analyse the main features of Maghrebian ports
Subject “Ports in the Maghreb” is studied...
  1. Professional Master's Program in African Business
  2. Masters (e-learning): International Business, Muslims Countries
  3. Courses: Transport in Africa, the Maghreb
  4. Doctorates: Islamic Countries, Africa

Languages of study: English or French Maghreb. Summaries in Portuguese Magrebe Spanish Magreb

  1. Credits of the subject “Maghrebian Ports”: 0.6 ECTS Credits

Area of Knowledge: Africa

Sample of the subject - Ports in the Maghreb:
Port of Casablanca (Morocco)

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Subject Description: Maghrebian Ports

Estimations of distances and times between (in Nautical Miles - Nm and days):

From the Port of Casablanca to...
Port of Algiers (Algeria)
Port of La Goulette (Tunisia)
Port Said (Egypt)
Port of Dakar (Senegal)
Port of Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
Port of Lagos (Nigeria)
Port of Luanda (Angola)
Port of Durban (South Africa)
Port of Mombasa (Kenya)
Port of Santos (Brazil)
Port of Rotterdam (the Netherlands)
Port of Shanghai (China)		 Distance
638
1.044
2.499
1,440
2,748
3,200
4.225
6.612
5,688
5.205
1,681
10,568		 Estimated time
2,7
4,4
10,4
6
11
13,3
17,6
27,6
23,7
21,7
7
44

Maghrebian countries: Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, and the Western Sahara.

Trans-African Highways related to Maghrebian countries:

  1. Cairo-Dakar Corridor (Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Mauritania)
  2. Algiers-Lagos Trans-Saharan (Algeria and Tunisia)
  3. Tripoli-Windhoek (Libya)
  4. Dakar-Lagos (Mauritania)

Maghrebian Ports belongs to the Maghrebian Economic Area (Islamic Civilisation and African Civilisation).

Regional Economic Communities (REC) in the Maghrebian region:

  1. Arab Maghreb Union
  2. Community of Sahel-Saharan States

Port of Tunisia

Ports of Algeria

Maritime Transport in Africa

Tangier Free Zone



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