{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Nouadhibou","identifier":"MR NDB","unlocode":"MR NDB","city":null,"country":"Mauritania","waterBody":"North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Medium","harborType":"Coastal (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":7.9,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":20.916667,"longitude":-17.05},"description":"Mining and fishing define Nouadhibou, Mauritania's northern Atlantic port (UN/LOCODE MR NDB), far more than any container trade: roughly 11 million tonnes of iron ore pass through each year. The ore is railed in from the Zouérat mines on trains up to three kilometres long and loaded at the dedicated mineral terminal at Point Central, about 15 km south of the city. After a channel deepening completed in 2024, the ore port can take vessels of up to around 230,000 tonnes, while a railway modernisat","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/nouadhibou-port-mr-ndb","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/nouadhibou-port-mr-ndb","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Nouadhibou · (UN/LOCODE: MR NDB) · Mauritania · Medium · 7.9 m"}