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Location: Melilla is a port under Spanish jurisdiction on the Mediterranean coast of Morocco, close to Port Nador. General overview: Port of Melilla is a cargo, fishing, and passenger port and marina located in Melilla, a Spanish autonomous city off the coast of North Africa. The port itself is sheltered with an entrance over 600m wide, which it shares with Port Nador, and good holding ground is available to the E. The port handles container, Ro-Ro passenger and liquid petroleum vessels. The port has a ferry connection to Málaga, Motril and Almería. Puerto Noray, the Marina of Melilla, is 400 metres’ walk from the city and 2.5 kms from the airport. It offers nearly 400 berths for vessels of between 6 and 24 metres in length, with all the necessary backup services and facilities required. Melilla is well positioned for yachts repositioning between the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. Cargo handled: Major exports: fruits, vegetables, tobacco, coffee and machinery. Major imports: Fuel oil, wheat, iron, steel products, chemical products, cement and clinker, construction materials, grains, fruits, vegetables, wine, beverages, canned products, tobacco, coffee, oil, lubricants, frozen fish, fodder, paper paste, machinery, mineral products and car parts. Traffic figures: Approx 270 vessels, 830,000 tonnes of cargo and 511,000 passengers are handled annually. Load line zone: Summer. Max size: Max length of 200m and max draught of 9.0m. Largest vessel handled by length: "Donaustern", 161m LOA, 8.6m draught, Oil Tanker. Largest vessel handled by draught: "Sincere Bro", 18,097DWT, 146m LOA, 9.8m draught, Oil Tanker.