Port of Melilla

Port of Melilla
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Port of Melilla class=notpageimage| Location in Spain
Location
Country	Spain
Location	Melilla
Coordinates	35°17′30″N2°55′57″W / 35.291791°N 2.932527°W / 35.291791; -2.932527
UN/LOCODE	ESMLN [1]
Details
Operated by	Port Authority of Melilla
Shipping Companies
Destinations	Málaga Almería Motril
Public transportation	Road TAXI Melilla VTC
Statistics
Vessel arrivals	5.025 (+200%)
Annual cargo tonnage	566.365 (-5,70%)
Passenger traffic	641.263 (140,55%)

The Port of Melilla is a cargo, fishing, and passenger port and marina located in Melilla, a Spanish autonomous city off the coast of North Africa.

History

Loading of iron in the port of Melilla

A port existed in Phoenician and Punic Russadir that continued its activity under Roman rule after the fall of Carthage. ^[2] During the Middle Ages the port presumably played a part in the interchange of gold, ivory, slaves and cereals imported by the Caliphate of Córdoba in exchange for perfume, leather, silk and fabric. ^[3]

During the time of the Spanish protectorate in Morocco, the iron ore mined from the hinterland was loaded in the port of Melilla by the Compañía Española de Minas del Rif  [ es ] (CEMR). ^[4]

Description

Map of the port

It is managed by the port authority of the same name. ^[5] It competes against the neighbouring port of Beni Ansar (Nador). ^[6] By 2008, the port moved around 830,000 tonnes of cargo and 511,000 passengers. ^[7]

The port has a ferry connection to Málaga, Motril and Almería. ^[8]

References

Citations

1. "UNLOCODE (ES) - SPAIN". service.unece.org. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
2. Fernández Uriel 2009, p. 19–21.
3. Sález Cazorla 2009, p. 30–31.
4. Sanmartín Solano 1985, pp. 55–74.
5. Couceiro Martínez, Serrano Pérez & Magro Andrade 2013, p. 12.
6. Ananou & Jiménez Bautista 2016, p. 185.
7. Almazán Palomino 2009, p. 362.
8. "Horarios de barcos Melilla: conexiones con Málaga, Almería y Motril". El Faro de Melilla (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-24.

Bibliography

• Almazán Palomino, José Luis (2009). "Pasado y futuro del Puerto de Melilla". In Bravo Nieto, Antonio; Bellver Garrido, Juan Antonio (eds.). El Puerto de Melilla. Una obra centenaria con un pasado milenario (PDF). Autoridad Portuaria de Melilla. pp. 355–369. ISBN   978-84-613-3411-7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-01-24.
• Ananou, Ouasim; Jiménez Bautista, Francisco (2016). "La movilidad transfonteriza: el caso de Melilla-Nador" (PDF). Revista de Humanidades (28). Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia: 169–196. ISSN   1130-5029.
• Couceiro Martínez, Luis; Serrano Pérez, Marta; Magro Andrade, Rafael (2013). "Competitividad de un Puerto y su Relación Actual con el Sistema Portuario Español". Tecnologí@ y desarrollo. XI. Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio. ISSN   1696-8085.
• Fernández Uriel, Pilar (2009). "El puerto de Russadir". In Bravo Nieto, Antonio; Bellver Garrido, Juan Antonio (eds.). El Puerto de Melilla. Una obra centenaria con un pasado milenario (PDF). Autoridad Portuaria de Melilla. pp. 13–28. ISBN   978-84-613-3411-7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-01-24.
• Sález Cazorla, Jesús Miguel (2009). "El puerto de Melilla y sus instalaciones: de la Edad Media hasta mediados del siglo XVIII". In Bravo Nieto, Antonio; Bellver Garrido, Juan Antonio (eds.). El Puerto de Melilla. Una obra centenaria con un pasado milenario (PDF). Autoridad Portuaria de Melilla. pp. 29–50. ISBN   978-84-613-3411-7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-01-24.
• Sanmartín Solano, Ginés (1985). "La Compañía Española de Minas del Rif (1907-1984)" (PDF). Aldaba (in Spanish) (5): 55–74. doi: 10.5944/aldaba.5.1985.19612 . ISSN   2603-9265.