On July 27, 2026, Sonatrach, the Algerian national oil company, issued a winning bid notice, leaving another mark on China Harbour's territory in North Africa. At this time, there are less than 8 months left until the death order issued by Algerian President Teben to achieve the first batch of phosphate exports by March 2027. On the construction site of Annaba Port, the 36 month countdown to the project schedule has already begun. This port not only carries an engineering contract, but also represents a country's ambition to break through from an oil economy to a mineral economy.

The national strategy is urgent, and the president has ordered a countdown

Algerian President Teben has issued a clear order to achieve the first batch of phosphate exports by March 2027 at the latest, and the expansion project of the Annaba Port ore terminal must be carried out simultaneously. The President specifically instructed to strengthen the partnership between Afghanistan and China in the field of port construction. The Annaba Port Mining Terminal is positioned as the core facility of the phosphate ore export system and is an important component of the key project of Algeria's economic diversification strategy - the phosphate ore integration project. The long-term design annual throughput capacity is about 10 million tons, and the time window is extremely tight from the presidential decree to the schedule reversal.

Six berth EPC, connecting the entire industry chain

The Annaba Port Facilities Project won by China Harbour adopts the EPC general contracting mode, with a construction period of 36 months. The construction content includes 6 loading and unloading berths arranged along the dock, as well as supporting facilities such as railway loading and unloading stations, storage areas, loading and unloading handling, public works, safety and fire protection, and equipment maintenance. Behind the project is a complete industrial logic: mining in Bled El Hadba mining area → eastern mining railway transportation → Annaba port export. The Algerian Railway Company has launched a procurement plan for 800 phosphate ore transport trucks, and the port facilities awarded this time are the key project to connect the mining area to the last kilometer of the port. Key words: the Belt and Road news and information, technology sailing, ports

From LNG to phosphate ore, deeply cultivating the North African map

China Harbour is not a novice in Algeria. In 2019, the Skikda LNG Terminal project was signed with a contract amount of approximately 450 million US dollars, marking the first direct cooperation with Sonatrach; The Oran Port container terminal expansion project, which was constructed in 2022, has been successfully handed over. From Oran Port to Skikda, and then to the Annaba Phosphate Bulk Terminal, China Harbour's port infrastructure map continues to extend from the west, central to the east. The owner has upgraded from a local port operator to a national energy giant Sonatrach, and the business has expanded from LNG energy export facilities to phosphate mineral export facilities, forming a port infrastructure capacity covering Algeria's main export categories.Editor/Gao Xue