The shipping platform

Location: The port is located on the western shore of Lake Bizerte, approx 15km S of the port of Bizerte. General overview:The port of Bizerte/Menzel Bourguiba is a multipurpose port with direct access to the sea and marine depths through an access channel with a depth of up to 17 meters. The average traffic of goods generated by the port of Bizerte amounts to 5 millions of tons per year. Menzel Bourguiba is an artificial rectangular harbour protected by two breakwaters extending E from the shore and enclosed by a detached breakwater. It is a small commercial port but with extensive repair and drydocking facilities. Principle cargoes include coal, minerals, steel and zinc. With its four dry docks on the lake of Bizerte and their installations and access workshops spreading over 50 ha of permanent structure, about 50.000m2 of which are covered, this shipyard is called upon to play an important role in the development of naval repair and construction in the Mediterranean basin. This shipyard has real advantages compared to the other shipyards of the northern shore of the Mediterranean, owing to its skilled labour and to widely competitive costs. Trffic figures: 5,000,000 tonnes of the cargo are handled annually. Load line zone: Summer. Max size: Vessel with a max LOA 150 m, draught 9.5 m are accepted on the S quay. Special authorisation can be given for larger vessels, to enter by day at or near slack water, if the draught is 9.5 m to 10.5 m. The largest vessel called at the port: LOA: 201 m, draught: 7.6 m, deadweight: 49,708 t.