Port of Latakia

Port of Latakia ميناء اللاذقية
Port of Latakia in 1979
Location
Country	Syria
Location	Latakia Latakia Governorate
Coordinates	35°30′48″N 35°46′14″E / 35.51333°N 35.77056°ECoordinates: 35°30′48″N 35°46′14″E / 35.51333°N 35.77056°E
Details
Opened	Ancient harbor: 2000 BC Modern harbor: 1951
Operated by	Public Company of the Port of Latakia
Owned by	State-owned
Type of harbor	Natural
Size of harbor	135 hectares (0.52 sq mi)
Land area	15 hectares (0.058 sq mi)
Size	150 hectares (0.58 sq mi)
Wharfs	32
General Manager	Suleiman Asaad Baloush
Cranes	18
Channel depth	14.5 metres (48 ft)
Warehouse space	62.8 hectares (0.242 sq mi)
Statistics
Vessel arrivals	1805
Annual cargo tonnage	8,093,000
Website http://www.lattakiaport.gov.sy/

The Port of Latakia (Arabic: ميناء اللاذقية‎) is the main seaport in Syria. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea in the city of Latakia.

General statistics

In 2008, the port handled about 8 million tonnes of cargo.

General statistics between 2002 and 2008 ^[1]

Year	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Imports *	3.644	3.871	5.083	6.239	6.931	6.349	6.800
Exports *	0.905	0.996	1.019	1.083	1.162	1.471	1.262

* figures in millions of tonnes

References

1. Official figures

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