Historical Background
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Italian construction
1898
Major construction
1918
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The history of a modern Massawa Port can be traced back to the Italian colonial era. Italian construction of the port commenced in 1898 around the area north end of existing harbour quay wall, namely berths No.1 and No.2. Major construction took place in 1918 which gave the port foundation of the existing form.
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Masssawa is one of the ancient city ports on the Red Sea coast of Eritrea. Named "The Pearl of the Red Sea" it has been very important for many centuries; it has seen many colonizers including Egyptians, Ottoman Turks, Italians, British and Ethiopians until it was liberated by the Eritrean People's Liberation Forces in 1990 by the famous Operation "Fenkil".
The Italian colonialists built Massawa to become the largest and safest port on the east coast of Africa, and the largest deep-water port on the Red Sea and was made the Italian capital of Eritrea for some time.
The Port, situated along the busiest commercial routes, and with its closeness to the Strait of Bab Al-Mendeb adds to its strategic importance to merchant shipping traffic connecting the Red Sea, East Africa, the Mediterranean Region and Europe, Asia and the Far East rendering vast services to ocean liners and coasters.
Today the port of Massawa continues to become one of the modern cities in the country with its beautiful building, roads and port facilities. As a Multi-purpose Port, it is on a continuing process of enhancement to both its facilities and its comprehensive range of functions thereby raising its own performance bar year on year.
