Eritrea Shipping Ports
What are the Shipping Ports like in Eritrea? What costs does the average person have to pay in Eritrea for shipping / transport by ship? What are the most visible differences between Shipping Ports in Eritrea and other parts of the world?
Consider: Deep habor, drydock, passenger dock facilities, jetty, etc.
Eritrea has two main shipping ports, Massawa and Aseb. Massawa is a fairly large port with a lot of storage capacity and the ability to handle large ships. It is astride the sea-lane that connects the Mediterranean, and thus southern Europe, with the Middle east Through the Suez Canal and Red Sea. This makes it an important way point. Aseb can also handle large ships but it doesn't have nearly the storage capacity of Massawa and is a much smaller port. Both also handle a fair amount of fishing traffic.