The Port of Tripoli is the principal

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in Tripoli, the capital of

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...

, and one of the oldest ports in the

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. The port serves general cargo, bulk cargo & passengers.

History

Since

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the port of Tripoli (then called

Oea Oea () was an ancient city in present-day Tripoli, Libya. It was founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC and later became a Roman– Berber colony. As part of the Roman Africa Nova province, Oea and surrounding Tripolitania were p ...

) was one of the main in coastal Mediterranean Africa. In the

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the port fell in disuse, but under

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started to grow in importance. In the late 1920s the Italian colonial authorities created the port that exists today. Other important infrastructures added in the 1930s were the enlargement of the port of Tripoli with the addition of a

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facility.Detailed map of the Port of Tripoli in the 1930s
/ref> The port was severely damaged during

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Features

In the 1970s the port was greatly improved: now the port of Tripoli contains many cargo terminals, and is capable of servicing many ships at once. The port also features a yacht club, and a fishing wharf. The "Socialist Ports Company" is the port authority responsible for managing and operating the Port of Tripoli, which handled general and bulk cargoes and passengers. Protected by two breakwaters of 2000 and 700 meters, the harbor covers about 300 hectares. About 600 huge vessels visited the Port of Tripoli each year until the end of

Gaddafi regime Muammar Gaddafi became the ''de facto'' leader of Libya on 1 September 1969 after leading a group of young Libyan Army officers against King Idris I in a bloodless coup d'état. After the king had fled the country, the Revolutionary Comma ...

. The port can accommodate vessels to 190 meters long with maximum draft of 10.7 meters.

References

External links

Tripoli Port site (in arab)
Neighborhoods of Tripoli Tripoli {{Libya-geo-stub

History

Features

See also

References

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