Port de Tanger

The port city of Tangier is located at the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, at the western end of the port of Tangier, open to the Northwest. Located in the city of Tangier, Morocco's main maritime gateway to the Mediterranean, the port of Tangier is located at the intersection of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, in a bay, between Cape Spartel and Cape Malabata. Characteristics Location: 35°47'N-5°47'W; Activity: Passengers, fishing and pleasure; Road service: - Casablanca - Tangier Highway and Highway; - Secondary road 704 that connects Tangier with Sebta. The port of the city of Tangier has a main dock rooted on a rocky spur, one end of which heads towards the NW-SE and the other towards the East. Its total length reaches 1,329 m. The other dock is represented by dock No. 2 (commercial dock) parallel to the main dock with a length of 500 m. The total area of the basins is 68 hectares distributed as follows: The inner port: It is essentially made up of three springs; It is protected by two piers, leaving between them a 60 m passage whose threshold is 2.40 m deep. Its surface is 6 hectares. The commercial dock basin: Limited to the east by the new dock, to the north by the main dock, to the west by the inner port and to the south by dock No. 1, its surface area is 8 hectares. The Great Basin: Limited to the north by the breakwater pier, to the west by the medians, to the south by the yacht pier (Alyscaphes), and the south by the new pier, its surface area is 54 hectares. The port offers infrastructure for cruise ships, high-speed boats, recreation and fishing. For any additional information, do not hesitate to contact the port captain at number: 0523 32 47 90 (Fax: 0523 30 27 20) VHF working frequency: Channel 11 for maritime traffic; Channel 16 for security monitoring; Channel 17 between the ship and the operator.