2.1.8 Tunisia Port of Zarzis Port Overview Port Picture Description and Contacts of Key Companies Port Performance Discharge Rates and Terminal Handling Charges Berthing Specifications General Cargo Handling Berths Port Handling Equipment Container Facilities Customs Guidance Terminal Information Multipurpose Terminal Grain and Bulk Handling Main Storage Terminal Stevedoring Hinterland Information Port Security Port Overview The Port of Zarzis is located in the southernmost part of Tunisia, where the diversified economic activity consists mainly in farming, fishery and aquaculture, tourism, an emergent industrial network, craft industries, and various small-scale trades. The port of Zarzis exports sea salt and crude oil and imports pure oil products. The OMMP invested 30 MD between 2017 and 2018 for dredging. In its first commissioning, the ferry terminal of Zarzis port handled three stopovers made by the national shipowner CTN hosting 3000 passengers and 1000 cars. OMMP is developing a passenger terminal on an area 5000 m² equipped with all the modern facilities required for customs and police formalities with a budget of 1.5 MD. This 700 m² terminal has a reception structure for the pedestrian , to be accompanied by the development of the main access north of the port to ensure a better flow of this traffic. The port of Zarzis underwent at the beginning of 2017 a dredging and rehabilitation of the depths to be situated between 10 and 11 m with an investment of 26.5 MD. This project aims to ensure the safety of navigation in the channel and the harbor basin and to encourage operators and shipowners to develop new regular shipping lines with the port. These investments estimated cost of 2 million dinars in the construction of a new passenger terminal and a shelter for cars outside the harbour space on one hand, the promotion of the port and its potential for the other hand Port website: PORT WEBSITE Key port information may also be found at: http://www.maritime-database.com Port Location & Contact Country Tunisia Province or District Zarzis Town or City (Nearest location with distance from port) Zarzis Town (0.70 km) Port's Complete Name Port of Zarzis Latitude 33.494380 Longitude 11.118268 Managing Company or Port Authority Office of Merchant Navy and Ports (OMMP) Address : B.P 291 – 4170 Zarzis – Tunisie Phone :(216) 75.694.790 Fax (216) 75.694.485 Email : [email protected] Management Contact Person Office of Merchant Navy and Ports Administration building 2060 La Goulette 3029 Tunisia Tel +21671735300 / +21671735812 Nearest Airport and Airlines Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN / DTTA) - 5 km away (Airlines with frequent international arrivals/departures) Page 1 Port Picture Zarzis Port Layout Description and Contacts of Key Companies Page 2 The Tunisian sea freight company STTAT, which offers industry and commerce shipping and multimodal groupage traffic services, and its partner TARROS (an Italian container transporter), has collaborated with the GRENDI Group, which provides national cabotage traffic between Marina diCarrara and the capital of Sardinia, Cagliari, to expand this maritime link to Sousse and Sfax, through its newly created subsidiary ProCargo Line. Fifty stopovers at the Ports of Sousse and Sfax have already been made. For information on port rates and charges, please see the following link: PORT COMPANIES CONTACT LIST Port Performance The port of Zarzis is an agricultural and commercial port with more than 140,000 TEUs and nearly 5,000,000 tons of general cargo in 2019. The commercial port of Zarzis is ensures the transit of goods on behalf of neighboring factories located in the industrial zone of Zarzis. This bulk traffic mainly consists of salt and crude oils on export and diverse goods on import. In 2019, freight traffic was 3,786,000 tons, international traffic amounted to 3,900,000 tons and national cabotage to 6,000 tons. The ships amounted to 1226. The Port of Zarzis has a strategic geographic position, well-maintained berths, sufficient draft to accommodate large-capacity vessels, more specifically dedicated to bulk cargo. Seasonal Constraints Yes / No Rainy Season No Major Import Campaigns No Handling Figures (2019) Vessel Calls: 1226 Container Traffic: (TEUs) 3600 Handling Figures Bulk and Break Bulk (2019) Bulk (MT) 653,000 Break bulk (MT) 3,786,000 Discharge Rates and Terminal Handling Charges The harbour dues on ships, goods and passengers collected by the OMMP fall in with the changes and developments gone through by the port running system and transport technologies and are adapted to the expectations of the port operators. The most recent of these actions bears on the launching of a study on the restructuring of harbour dues and price scales, taking into account the new attributions of the OMMP as ancient authority and the role it is called upon to play within the framework of the concession agreements on the public port domain, offering to public users and other private operators the possibility to build harbour works or to use private material for providing public services. Details OMMP – Zarzis Port Link of Searates Berthing Specifications The quays in the port have different structures: Port enclosure: 28 hectares. Port platforms: 13 hectares. Hangars: 5000 m² + 4000 m². West quay posts 5, 6 and 7 with a total length of 600 m with a depth of - 10.50 m Hydro. North platform posts 3 and 4 with a total length of 340 m with a depth of - 10.50 m Hydro. South quay substations 8, 9 and 10 with a total length of 785 m with a depth of - 11.5 m Hydro. Service dock of length 139 ml with a depth of -5.00m. The Zarzis commercial port offers a quay line with a total length of 1,725 m. Type Quantity Length Maximum Comments of (m) Draft (m) Berth Conven 2 ocean tugs, 100+ Ton Lifts: equipped with high power 120 7.2 meters Good Status tional motors (1700C.V to 6300 HP) and a tensile strength of meters Berth 23 tons to 70 tons. Contain 2 150-205 9 meters Operate at any time needed and tow services are being given to all er Berth meters of the ships coming to the Port located at the area that is protected with breakwater in length of 1.375 meters. Page 3 Silo 1 Berth Berthin 1 Tugboat of 1600 hp. g Tugs 1 Pilot boat of 300 hp. Water 2 Barges General Cargo Handling Berths Length 9 Km (5 miles) Depth acceptable actually 7.5 metres = 24.60 feet 1 Tugboat of 1600 hp 1 Pilot boat of 300 hp Cargo Type Berth Identification Imports - Bagged Cargo Conventional Berth & K.D. Berth Exports - Bagged Cargo Conventional Berth & K.D. Berth Imports and Exports - RoRo Container & RoRo Berth Other Imports Liquid Bulk Berths Port Handling Equipment 1 Moving charger for salt loading (private operators). 1 Charger with conveyor belts for salt loading (private operators). 2 pneumatic versatile cranes (100 tons and 150 tons) and forklifts of different tonnages and other various equipment (Handling Companies). Equipment Available Total Quantity and Capacity Available Comments on Current Condition and Actual Usage Dockside Crane Yes 3 Good condition Container Gantries Yes 2 Good condition Mobile Cranes Yes 2 Good condition Reachstacker Yes 2 Good condition RoRo Tugmaster (w/ Trailer) Yes 1 Good condition Grain Elevator w/ Bagging Machines Yes 2 Good condition Transtainer Yes 1 Good condition Forklifts Yes 3 Good condition Container Facilities The port of Zarzis has a land reserve covering an area of 135 hectares in the port public domain, located on the West side of the harbor and bounded on the North by the city and in the South by the sea, dedicated to the establishment of projects in conjunction with port activity. Facilities 20 ft 40 ft Container Facilities Available Yes Yes Container Freight Station (CFS) Yes Yes Refrigerated Container Stations Yes Yes Other Capacity Details Daily Take Off Capacity (Containers per day) N/A N/A Page 4 Number of Reefer Stations (connection points) N/A N/A Emergency Take-off Capacity (Give an indication) N/A N/A Off take capacity of gang shift (in Containers per shift) N/A N/A Customs Guidance Customs clearance consists of presenting the goods at a Customs office and allocating them a Customs system. On reaching Customs, goods are automatically sorted by the SINDA (Automated Customs Information System) according to certain criteria, especially the nature of the product and the importer. The sorting leads to a system of channels: the "green channel" for goods which present no risk (brief inspection of the documents), the "orange channel" for medium level risks (normal inspection), the "red channel" for extreme risks (complete inspection). The inspection may consist of x-raying the whole container, but also x-raying or opening each package. When they have been inspected, the goods receive a temporary collection permit which allows them to be stocked for further inspection or a permit for clearance inward. The latter can take up to 11 days. In total, according to the WTO and in June 2005, the time required for Customs clearance, for unbranded products subject to foreign trade formalities, from arrival at the port/airport to clearance inward, varied from 7 to 20 days. Customs duties are about 3%. The principle is to pay duties and taxes in cash. For information on Port of Sousse customs information, please see the following link. Terminal Information Multipurpose Terminal Access channel: length of 8400 m – width of 125 m – depth of 11 m Surface of man-made lake: 35 Ha Mean depth of man-made lake: 11 m Breakwater with a length of 1505 m. Turning circle of 450 m of diameter.