Port of Essaouira
Essaouira is a coastal harbor in Morocco, registered under the UN/LOCODE code MAESS.
This is a directory stub generated from the UN/LOCODE registry; a fuller write-up has not yet been added.
This record’s port function has not been confirmed by Morocco’s national authority — UN/LOCODE lists it as a “recognised location” (status RL), not an approved one. It may represent a distinct small port, a berth, terminal, or anchorage within a larger port, or a place with no distinct port facility.
Port characteristics
- Size / type
- Very small, Coastal, natural
- Shelter
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Affected by tide, swell, other factors
- Charted depths
- Anchorage21.6–22.9 m (71–75 ft)
- Terminal infrastructure
- No terminal type is recorded in this WPI source.
Container-terminal handling is not classified by the WPI dataset, so this entry does not infer it.
- Mean tidal range
- 3 m
- Also noted
- good holding ground
Facilities and services
The port requires an ETA message. Pilotage is available, available with local assistance, and advisable. Assist tugs are available. Other quarantine services is available. Communications include radio, radiotelephone, and air. Cargo can be worked at wharves, anchor, and Mediterranean moor.
The port offers medical facilities. Fixed and mobile cranes are available, with lift capacity of up to 24 tons. Supplies on offer include water.
Notes and references
- NGA Pub. 150, World Port Index, 27th ed. (2019), index no. 45800, Pub. 143, chart 51280. Port characteristics are historical reference data; verify current depths, restrictions, facilities, and services with official notices.
- NGA World Port Index database (WPI.mdb), 2019. Facilities and services data.
- Record status: WPI-classified port.