Port of Melilla

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Port of Melilla
(Puerto de Melilla) Aterrizando en Melilla (16668390111) (cropped).jpg
Port of Melilla
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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
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LOGO-BALEARIA.png
Destinations Flag of Andalucia.svg Málaga Flag of Andalucia.svg Almería Flag of Andalucia.svg Motril
Public transportation
  • Road
  • TAXI
  • Melilla VTC
Statistics
Vessel arrivalsIncrease2.svg 5.025 (+200%)
Annual cargo tonnage Decrease2.svg 566.365 (-5,70%)
Passenger trafficIncrease2.svg 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.

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History

Loading of iron in the port of Melilla Embarque mineral de hierro por la grua del Cargadero del mineral, Puerto de Melilla.jpg
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 Portmelilla letras vectorizadas.svg
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]

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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.
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