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Country Information
Location: Mauritania lies on the Atlantic
coasts of West Africa and is bordered by the Western Sahara,
Algeria, Mali and Senegal.
Area: 1,030,700 sq. km
Capital: Nouakchott
Population: 2,9 million (approximately)
Languages: French, English, Hassaniya
Arabic, Wolof, Pulaar, Soninke
Religion: Islam
Government: Republic
Currency (-ies): Mauritanian Ouguiya
(MRO)
International direct dialling code: 00
222
Time: GMT
Public Holidays: 1st January,
1st Mai, 25th Mai, 28th November
Working days: Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
Working time: from 8.00am to 04.00pm
History: Independent from France
in 1960, Mauritania annexed the southern third
of the former Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara)
in 1976, but relinquished it after three years
of raids by the Polisario guerrilla front seeking
independence for the territory. Opposition parties
were legalized and a new constitution approved
in 1991. Two multiparty presidential elections
since then were widely seen as flawed, but October
2001 legislative and municipal elections were generally
free and open. Mauritania remains, in reality,
a one-party state. The country continues to experience
ethnic tensions between its black minority population
and the dominant Maur (Arab-Berber) populace.
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Port Information
Nouakchott
The Autonomous Port of Nouakchott, PANPA for short,
is located near the West African Atlantic coast and offers
competitive storage facilities and warehousing tariffs.
PANPA welcomes 60 vessels corresponding to 6000 TEUS (20’Containers)
per annum. 40,000 tons are handled by liners vessels and
80,000 tons by charters every year.
Nouakchott port is an import port representing approximately 96.4%
of all annual traffic. Imported goods include oilfield materials,wheat,
cement, clinker, flour, sugar, semolina, milk and general equipment.
Exports include plaster, animal skins and fish
| Port of Friendship |
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| Quay No 1 |
all cargo |
148m length |
9.5m draught |
| Port of Friendship |
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| Quay No 2 |
all cargo |
169m length |
9.5m draught |
| Port of Friendship |
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| Quay No 3 |
all cargo |
190m length |
9.5m draught |
Forthcoming: project of Quay No 4 schedule on 2006
Nouadhibou
Formerly known as Port-Etienne, this port is located in
the North of the country, close to the borders of Morocco. The
economical base is fishing and fish-processing, but also exportation
of iron that is transported with the railways from central Mauritania.
Nouadhibou point central
280m lenght 16.5m draught
Nouadhibou SOMIR / MEPP
280m lenght 13m draught
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