Everything about The Port Of Casablanca totally explained
The
Port of Casablanca refers to the collective facilities and
terminals that conduct
maritime trade handling functions in
Casablanca's
harbours and which handle Casablanca's
shipping. The port is located at near
Hassan II Mosque.
The port is considered as
Morocco's chief
port and as one of the largest artificial ports in the world. It is also the largest port of the
Maghreb and
North Africa.
Casablanca's port treats a traffic of more than 21,3 million tons per annum, that's to say 38% of the national traffic, and carries out a sales turnover of more than 894 Million
Moroccan Dirhams. With an extent of 605 hectares and extending to more than 8 kilometers in length. It can accommodate and treat more than 35
ships at the same time.
The port is managed by
ODEP (Office D'Exploitation des Ports), a publicly-owned establishment which has the principal role of ensuring the management of passengers, goods and ships forwarding by the Moroccan ports.
History
Before being named "Casa branca" (White house in
Portuguese language) by the
Portuguese, Casablanca used to be known as
Anfa. The Portuguese used the ruins of Anfa to build a
military fortress in 1515. In the 19th century, the area's population began to grow as Casablanca became a major supplier of
wool to the booming
textile industry in
Britain and shipping traffic increased (the British, in return, began importing
gunpowder tea), a key ingredient in Morocco's national drink, mint tea. By the 1860s, there were around 4,000 residents, and the population grew to around 9,000 by the late 1880s . Casablanca remained a modestly-sized port, with a population reaching around 12,000 within a few years of the
French conquest and arrival of
French colonialists in the town, at first administrators within a sovereign sultanate, in 1906.
The Moroccan administration of the time entrusted to the "Compagnie Marocaine" the construction of a small port whose water surface to be sheltered doesn't exceed 10 hectares. The work started in 1906, consisted of the construction of two small piers out of grip of share and others of the wet dock. The port of Casablanca begun to be developed in 1906.
After completion in 1938, the configuration of the port had taken form and included a water level of a surface of 125 hectares, moles, quay levels and quays for the accosting of the trading ships.
The port has been knowing important works of extension including the prolongation of the two facilities for
phosphates shipping and the completion of
citrus fruits facility.
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