Alger (DZALG)

DP World Djazair is the alt-name for Algiers Port.

Summer.

Algiers is the capital and principal port of Algeria. DP World have a 30 year concession to manage the Port of Algiers in a joint venture with the Algiers Port Authority (EPAL), which handles more than 60 per cent of Algeria's external trade.

LOA 239.901m, beam 36m, draught 10.5m, 64,793DWT.

Approx 15,200,000t of cargo, 831,000TEU, 2,100 vessels and 262,200 passengers annually.

..... No 1 For vessels not carrying dangerous substances. No 2 For vessels carrying gas or dangerous substances. No 3 For vessels with a small tonnage after authorisation by the Captain of the Port. No 4 For vessels waiting, carrying out repairs or sheltering. Anchorage is prohibited in the E part of Baie d'Alger.

From the vicinity of NE of Pointe Pescade, the track leads generally SE for about 3.5nm, passing NE of Pointe des Consuls, which is fringed with shoal water to a distance of 0.2nm NE, then NE of Pointe des Anglais, where a rock spit extends 0.25nm N, then NE of Roche M'Tahen, the outermost rock of an area of rocky foul ground fringing Point el Kettani, 0.3nm WSW. A light (E cardinal daymark on black tower, yellow bands "M'Tahen" in white), is exhibited from the NE side of Roche M'Tahen. Then NE of Ilot de la Marine, with an old lighthouse standing on it. A rocky patch, with a depth of 5.3m over it, lies close E of the islet and the islet is connected to the mainland by reclaimed land on the N side of Alger harbour. The port is approached using the channel between Anchorage Areas No 1 and No 2 and then passing through the North entrance between Jetee Kheir Eddine and Jetee du Vieux Port. A second entrance is located to the South, between Jetee de Mustapha and Quay No 37. Vessels entering or leaving Algiers must follow the channel between No 1 Lightbuoy and No 3 Buoy on the W side and No 2 and 4 Lightbuoys on the E side. Vessels entering through the S entrance should pass 600m E of the head of Jetee de Mustapha. The main access to the channels are: The North Pass: located between the N Jetty and the South Spike has an extension of the E Jetty to the N, width 176m, depth 20m. The Wadi Hamimine pass, crossing the basin of the old port to the basin of Agha, width 83m, depth 12.0m. The Great Mole Pass: crossing the Mustapha Basin, width 100m, depth 11.0m The southern pass: formed between a transversal spike at the pier of Mustapha and the breakwater East, width 240m, depth 16.0m. The port can be entered from the N entrance, with a max depth of 22m and width of 176m or S entrance, with a max depth of 16m and width of 240m.

BA 855, 2555, 1910. Admiralty Pilot NP45, NP286(3).

1025.

Pilotage is compulsory for vessels over 1,500t and pilots are available only during daylight hours. Berthing and unberthing only takes place by day. Request for pilot should be made 24 hours in advance. The pilot is embarked 0.25nm E of the head of Jetee de Mustapha. Pilot boards in position 36°45.6'N 003°05.2'E.

Amiraute Old Lighthouse located at position 36°47.3'N 003°04.2'E. Major light: Jetee Khair Ed-Dinn Light (36°47'N 003°05'E).

The use of the siren, whistle, etc is forbidden, except in special circumstances. No vessel may refuse to accept a hawser, or to slack off warps securing the vessel, when required to do so to assist the movements of another vessel. Vessels carrying explosives and dangerous materials must show by day a red flag and at night a red light, at the masthead. Cautions: Depths of less than 10.0m surround the head of Quay No 37 extending out nearly 200m. Similar depths are located on the S side of Jetee de Mustapha and the W side of the spur. Submarine pipelines extend 500m and 300m North from Plage de la Grenouillere (36°45'N 003°05'E). Two North Cardinal light buoys mark the seaward ends.

Nil.

The signal station stands at the S end of Jetee du Vieux Port and will communicate with vessels in the roadstead.

Compulsory and available throughout 24 hours for vessels over 1,500t. There are 4 tugs 500-1,500hp available.

Prevailing winds: Variable, winds from the W raise the level of the sea in the basins and from the E winds lower it. The difference in level may amount to as much as 1.0m. Considerable swell is experienced at the berths in Basin du Vieux Port, when a swell is running outside from between N and E.

DP WORLD DJAZAIR 36°46.35'N 3°03.98'E UNCTAD LOCODE: DZ ALG For details see: ALGER PILOT REQUIREMENTS ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

ALGER 36°46.35'N 3°03.98'E UNCTAD LOCODE: DZ ALG ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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WEEKLY CORRECTIONS FROM UKHO NtM WEEK 27/25 (Former update 29/24) French Radiosignaux publication 93 Jan 2025, (RSDRA2025000043780), 21/25

Radio: There is a coast radio station and a port radio station at Algiers. Merchant vessels can communicate through Bouzareah Naval Signal Station. VHF: Port: Callsing: "Capitainerie Alger" Ch 16, 10. Tel: +213 21 42623. Fax: +213 21 423072. Email: boudjaja@portalger.com.dz. Port Office: Tel: +213 21 423609. Pilots: Ch 16, 12. Tel: +213 21 423662.

..... The following forms should be submitted at least 24 hours prior to arrival to the Port Facility Security Officer by: Tel: +213 21 747572. Pre arrival notification of security for: 1. Passenger ships including high speed passenger craft 2. Cargo ships including high speed craft of 500t and upwards Harbour Master's Office: Inward Declarations to be completed and kept available for agent and Port Authority. 1. Crew List 2. Stowage Plan 3. IMO Goods Declaration (Also when in transit) 4. Ballast Declaration 5. Safety Certificates 6. Oil Record Books; Part 1 and 2 7. Cargo Gear Book Copies 1. Crew List 2 2. Ship's Stores Declaration 1 3. Crew Effects Declaration 1 4. Currency List 1 5. Narcotics List 1 6. Arms Declaration 1 1. Crew List 2 2. Arms Declaration 1 3. Passenger Manifest 1 4. Declarations given by the Immigration Agent 4 1. Crew List 2 2. Clearance from last port - 3. Ship's Stores Declaration 1 4. Crew Effects Declaration 1 5. Currency Declaration 1 6. Narcotics Declaration 1 7. Health Clearance - 8. Crew Declaration - 1. Completed Declaration of Health - 2. Valid Ship Sanitation Control Certificate - 3. International Vaccination Certificates -

Early notices of ETA should be advised to the agent. Vessels should report the following information on arrival to the Captain of the port: Name; nationality; tonnage; length, draught and cargo.

Vessels entering or leaving the port must use the entrance channel between anchorage areas Nos 1 and 2. Vessels departing the port have priority over those entering.

Quarantine regulations are enforced. Bills of Health must be presented at the Health Office on Mole de la Sante in Darse de 1'Amiraute at the N end of the harbour. Vessels arriving from infected countries must not enter the port, the usual quarantine anchorage is in Baie Matifou. Ship Sanitation Control and Exemption Certificates renewed.