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Location: Port of Malaga is situated approx 50nm NE of Gibraltar, in the city of Málaga in southern Spain, on the Costa del Sol coast of the Mediterranean.. General overview: It is the oldest continuously-operated port in Spain and one of the oldest in the Mediterranean. Principal port activities include cruise shipping and the importation of containerised manufactured products, break bulk and vehicles. A small fishing fleet also operates from the port. Ten wharves are currently in operation at the Port of Málaga. The port is dominated by imports, principally an annual throughput of nearly 2 million tonnes of break bulk within a total annual throughput of 3.1 million tonnes. Major imports include cement, clinker coal, cereals, grains, petroleum coke and fertilizers. A substantially smaller export trade is centred on processed food and construction equipment. The Outer Harbour is protected by two breakwaters, entrance width 370m with a depth of 17.0m. The Inner Harbour entrance has a width of 112m with a depth of 11.0m. Ten wharves are currently in operation at the Port of Málaga: -East Quay: Embarkation for cruise ship. -Quay n°1 "Ricardo Gross": Megayatchs and touristic cruise ships. -Quay n°2 "Guadiaro": Cruise ships. -Quay n°3 "Canovas": Roll-on/roll-off. -Quay n°4 "Heredia": Roll-on/roll-off, bulk liquids, break bulk. -Quay n°5 Floating dock: Repairs and defence forces. -Quay n°6 "Romero Oak grove 1": Bulk liquids, dangerous goods. -Quay n°7 "Romero Oak grove 2": Bulk liquids, dangerous goods. -Multipurpose Quay n°9: Containers, Roll-on/roll-off -Soft Port 1: bulk liquid import/export where specialist equipment required. The East Wharf in the Port of Malaga is used primarily for cruise vessels. At 590 meters long with alongside depth of 17 meters, the wharf can accommodate the largest cruise vessels up to 300 meters long with draft of 11 meters. In 2007, the south dock opened, and the new East Harbor station was opened to accommodate passengers. Wharf No. 2, or Guadiaro, also serves cruise vessels. With a 450-meter long dock with alongside depth of 10.5 meters, this wharf is near the city center. The Darsena Embarcaciones Menores and Wharf No. 1 (called Ricardo Gross) serve yachts and recreational vessels with a total of almost 900 meters of docks with alongside depth of from 5 to 9.4 meters and open yards of over 17.7 thousand square meters. Wharf No. 3, Canovas, is used for passengers and roll-on/roll-off cargoes. With a total of 538 meters of docks with alongside depth between 8.5 and 10.5 meters, the wharf includes restaurants, telephone and banking access, and total surface of almost 21 thousand square meters for passengers and merchandise. Wharf No. 4, Heredia, handles roll-on/roll-off cargoes, liquid bulk, and general merchandise. It is 478 meters long with alongside depth of 6.5 meters and includes over .2 thousand square meters of open area, two thousand square meters of open storage, and 6.1 thousand square meters of warehouses for cargo storage. The terminal also has capacity to load/unload oil cargoes at the rate of 250 tons per hour. The Port of Malaga’s Wharf No. 5, Dique Flotante, is for repairs and armaments. Its wharf is 110 meters long with alongside depth of 6.5 meters with almost 12 thousand square meters of open space and oil tanks of 5.8 thousand square meters for storage. The floating dock can accommodate ships to 83 meters long. Wharves No. 6 (Romero Robledo) and 7 specialize in solid and liquid bulk and dangerous cargoes. Wharf No. 6 is 420 meters long with alongside depth of 11 meters, and Wharf No. 7 is 340 meters long with alongside depth of 13.5 meters. The two storage facilities include 1.5 thousand square meters for oil storage and additional storage of almost four thousand square meters. Separate storage for cement has capacity for 5.8 thousand cubic meters. Facilities for liquid bulk cargoes include storage capacity for 3.3 cubic meters. The wharves also contain 24.3 thousand square meters of open yards and a roll-on/roll-off ramp. Several wharves make up the fishing dock with a total length of 727 meters with alongside depth from 3.8 to 5 meters. Over 4.7 thousand square meters at the wharves are devoted to the fish market. The total area of the fishing wharves is 13.1 square meters, and it includes facilities to support the fishing industry, commerce, ice-making, salting, and packaging. The wharves contain two refrigerated warehouses with capacity of 2.7 thousand square meters. Traffic figures: Approx 240 vessels, 2,280,000t of cargo, 450,000TEU and 990,000 passengers handled annually. Load line zone: Summer. Max size: Draught 17.0m. Largest vessel handled: LOA: 367 m, draught: 14.8 m, deadweight: 165,977 t.