Technical Data
Port Specifications
- UNLOCODE
- MRNDB
- Port Type
- Bulk
- Terminals
- 13
- Berth Count
- 41
- Max Draught
- 20.1 m
- Country
- 🇲🇷 Mauritania
Conditions
Current Weather
Overview
About This Port
Nouadhibou, formerly named Port-Étienne, is the second largest city in Mauritania and serves as a major commercial center. The city has about 173,000 inhabitants. It is situated on a 65-kilometre peninsula or headland called Ras Nouadhibou, Cap Blanc, or Cabo Blanco, of which the western side has the city of La Güera. Nouadhibou is consequently located merely a couple of kilometers from the border between Mauritania and Western Sahara. Its current mayor is Elghassem Ould Bellali, who was installed on 15 October 2018.
Location
Coordinates
20.9167°N, 17.0500°W
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Port Congestion
30-Day Berth Occupancy Trend
Waiting Vessels Trend
Expected arrivals
3 inboundVessels underway broadcasting a destination that resolves to this port, closest first. Distance is the real sea route (around land and through canals); the computed ETA is at the vessel’s passage speed. The crew’s own reported ETA is shown alongside for comparison.
| Vessel | Type | Distance | Speed | ETA (computed) | Crew ETA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIERRA LARA | Reefer | 229 nm | 13.3 kn | 1 Jul | 1 Jul |
| UAL LOBITO | General Cargo | 449 nm | 10.1 kn | 2 Jul | 29 Jun |
| KEY WIND | Oil or Chemical Tanker | 1133 nm | 8.7 kn | 5 Jul | 4 Jul |
Network
Connectivity & hub role
How central Nouadhibou sits in the sea-route network we cover — a connectivity score across navigable distances. A higher score means the port is navigationally close to many other well-connected ports, the maritime signature of a hub.
Directly routable to 179 other covered ports.
- SNDakar398 nm
- ESLas Palmas449 nm
- ESSanta Cruz De Tenerife490 nm
- MACasablanca989 nm
- MATanger Med1,137 nm
- ESCeuta1,137 nm
- ESPort of Algeciras1,146 nm
- PTSines1,169 nm
Method. A connectivity score across our own route network: a port reads higher when it is navigationally close to many other well-connected ports. The score is rescaled 0–100 within the snapshot, so the single most-connected port reads 100. Distances are Suez / Panama / Malacca-aware navigable sea miles.
Coverage. The route network spans the 180 largest commercial ports, so this ranks hubs within that covered network, not against every port on earth. The number is deterministic — no confidence grade is invented. Computed Jun 30, 2026.
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