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Nouakchott port is an import port representing approximately 96.4 % of all annual traffic. Imported goods include wheat, cement, clinker, flour, sugar, semolina, milk and general equipment. Exports include plaster from Samia, Mauritania's main producer, animal skins and fish. |
The 'Port of Friendship Quay' stretches 585m and is split into four berths, three of which are used for cargo handling and the fourth for servicing vessels and tug boats. This quay is located 4km south of the Quai Wharf and 15km southwest of the city of Nouakchott. The port has a berthing throughput of 1.5 million dwt, far exceeding the designed capacity of 500,000 dwt. The China State Construction Engineering Corp. [CSCEC www.cscec.com.cn] is in discussions with the Mauritanian government about the construction of two further berths. |
