{"id":4822,"date":"2021-08-30T21:20:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T19:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revistaitransporte.com\/?p=4822"},"modified":"2021-09-08T14:55:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T12:55:40","slug":"a-new-emblem-for-ceuta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revistaitransporte.com\/a-new-emblem-for-ceuta\/","title":{"rendered":"A new emblem for Ceuta"},"content":{"rendered":"
The port of Ceuta, one of the two Spanish autonomous cities, together with Melilla, located in North Africa, is the country\u2019s fourth busiest port in terms of regular passenger traffic: 2.1 million passengers and nearly half a million vehicles per year, according to 2019 figures from the Ceuta Port Authority. Due to its peculiar geography \u2013with a surface area of only 19 km2<\/sup> and its location on the Almina peninsula, between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic\u2013 the sea provides the primary means of connection with the rest of Spain and supplies for the city, which receives all kinds of goods and basic supplies, such as building materials, fuel and even water. The port is also a transit area for cross-border goods traffic between Morocco and Europe.<\/p>\n The terminal is the first and last thing that passengers arriving or leaving by sea will see, which makes it an emblematic building for the city<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Although the city has had a heliport belonging to the Aena network since 2004, where regular flights to Melilla, Algeciras and M\u00e1laga operate, the high-speed ferry is the main means of passenger transport. Three shipping companies \u2013Armas, FRS and Balearia\u2013 currently offer numerous daily connections for passengers and vehicles between Ceuta and Algeciras.<\/p>\n The port has two breakwaters, measuring 1,500 metres and 500 metres long, known as the Poniente and Levante docks, respectively. Inside the harbour there are two main quays: perpendicular to the coast, the Spain quay, where the control tower is located and where the first passenger terminal was built, and the Ca\u00f1onero Dato quay, where the maritime station was moved in the 1970s and four ferry berths were built. The port also has a marina and fishing harbour, as well as a dry dock.<\/p>\n