Autoridad Portuaria de Melilla
Avenida de la Marina Española 4
52001 Melilla
Spain
The freight & pax Port of Melilla is located east of the Strait of Gibraltar, in one of Spain’s north Africa enclaves (bordering exclusively with Morocco), making the harbour a true window for the city and its inhabitants.
In 2013, nearly 1 mln of goods was handled in Melilla port, out of which general cargo accounted for 93% (incl. 35,800 TEU as well as 146,600 vehicles). Melilla is also a major passenger port, as 783,595 travellers went through Melilla’s quays in 2013.
In addition, Melilla is a free tax port, providing various tax and customs advantages to those using the harbour for their exports/imports.
| Total port area | 260.44 ha |
| Land area | 274,646 m2 |
| Of which rentable sites | 237,095 m2 |
| Water depth | 12 m |
| Total quay length | 3305.71 m |
| No. of quays | 7 |
| 2014 | 2013 | YOY 2014/2013 | ||
| TOTAL | 1 mln tn | 989.3 thou. tn | +3.5% | |
| Dry bulk | 6.8 thou. tn | 9 thou. tn | -24% | |
| Liquids | 71.6 thou. tn | 60.8 thou. tn | +17.8% | |
| General cargo | 921.6 thou. tn | 919.5 thou. tn | +0.2% | |
| incl. | Containers | 34,966 TEU | 35,800 TEU | -2.3% |
| Ro-ro | 11,117 cargo units | 11,478 cargo units | -3.1% | |
| Pax | 772,134 | 783,595 | -1.5% | |
| Ship calls | 1,406 | 1,507 | -6.7% | |