The State's National Corporation for Maritime Transportation and the Algerian Navigation Company are responsible for coordinating the Port of Algiers, but semi-autonomous port authorities operate the port.

The Port of Algiers is protected by five artificial dams totaling six kilometers and a 2.6 kilometer breakwater that runs parallel to the coast. Port of Algiers w ater surfaces include 75 hectares in the old port basin, 35 hectares in the Agha basin, and 74 hectares in the Mustapha basin. The port contains 36 quays with a total length of 8.6 thousand meters and alongside depths ranging from five to 12 meters.

The northern access channel to the old port in the Port of Algiers is 176 meters long and 22 meters deep. The southern access channel to the Mustapha basin is 240 meters long and 16 meters deep. Pilotage is required for vessels entering and leaving the port.

The Port of Algiers offers a total 8.6 thousand meters of quays. With a total 3.3 thousand meters of quays devoted to general cargo, the Port of Algiers contains over one thousand meters of container quays, 682 meters of quays devoted to naval repairs, 610 meters of quays for oil products, 577 meters for the fishing fleet, as well as other quays specializing in cereals, containers, bitumen, fuel, and passengers.

The Port of Algiers' modern Harbour Station, located at Quay 11, handles both passengers and cars. At 300 meters long with alongside depth of 9 meters, it has capacity to serve 350 thousand passengers per year.

Quay 37 in the Port of Algiers specializes in handling oil products. Quay 37 specializes in handling oil products. It is 610 meters long and has alongside depth of 10.3 meters.

Of the total 8.6 thousand meters of quays in the Port of Algiers, 6.9 thousand meters of quays handle trade cargoes, 300 meters handle passengers, and 821.8 meters handle port services. Trade-related quays include 3.5 thousand meters for general goods, 1.9 thousand meters for containers, 873 meters for cereals, and 577 meters for fishing. Service quays include 140 meters for towing vessels and 681.8 meters for naval repairs.

The Port of Algiers's Quay 26 handles both cereals and fuel at a 398-meter-long quay with alongside depth of 6 meters, and Quay 35, which handles cereals only, is 475 meters long with alongside depth of 9 meters.

Four quays in the Port of Algiers handle containers only, and three quays handle containers and other goods. At 110 meters long with alongside depth of 6.3 meters, Quay 19 handles containers and general goods. Quay 18 is 276 meters long with alongside depth of 7.3 meters, and it handles containers and general goods. Quay 31, at 459 meters in length with alongside depth of 9.5 meters, handles containers and bitumen.

The Port of Algiers' container-only quays total 1088 meters. They include Quay 22P at 145 meters long with alongside depth of 8.8 meters, Quay 33 at 435 meters long with alongside depth of 9 meters, Quay 34 at 171 meters long with alongside depth of 9.5 meters, and Quay 30 at 337 meters long with alongside depth of 10.5 meters.

Opened in 1998, the Port of Algiers' container terminal covers 17 hectares and contains a 600-meter wharf with four berthing stations and alongside depths from 9 to 11 meters. The container terminal has a loading/unloading area of 4.8 thousand square meters and a maintenance workshop of two thousand square meters.

Quays 1 through 4 in the Port of Algiers are devoted to fishing and total 577 meters in length. Quay 1 is 140 meters long with alongside depth of 2.7 meters. Quay 2, with dept of 5.9 meters, is 38 meters long. Quay 3 is 121 meters long with alongside depth of 3.8 meters. Quay 4 is 278 meters long with alongside depth of 6 meters.

Sixteen Port of Algiers' quays serve general cargoes with lengths from 125 to 556 meters and depths from 6 to 10 meters. Quay 24/25 is 207 meters long with alongside depth of 6 meters. With alongside depth of 6.5 meters, Quay 5 is 174 meters long, and Quay 21 is 190 meters long. Quay 7 is 185 meters long with alongside depth of 6.8 meters.

With alongside depth of 7 meters, Quay 36 in the Port of Algiers is 170 meters long, Quay 32 is 173 meters long, and Quay 23 is 360 meters long. The Port of Algiers' Quay 32 handles fuel in addition to general cargoes. Quay 17 is 221.5 meters long with alongside depth of 7.3 meters. With alongside depth of 8 meters, Quay 8 is 262.5 meters long, and Quay 20 is 300 meters long. Quay 22 is 555.8 meters long with alongside depth of 8.4 meters.

Also handling general cargo in the Port of Algiers, Quay 23P is 145 meters long with alongside depth of 9 meters, and Quay 9 is 288 meters long with alongside depth of 9.2 meters. Quay 6 is 137 meters long with alongside depth of 9.6 meters, and Quay 10 is 125 meters long with alongside depth of 10 meters.

The Port of Algiers' service quays include the tug quay of 166.8 meters in length and 9.2 meters depth. There are four naval repair quays totaling 681.8 meters and ranging from 7.3 to 10 meters deep. Quay 15 is 124 meters long with alongside depth of 7.3 meters. Quay 16 is 216 meters long with alongside depth of 8.3 meters. Quay 13 is 166.8 meters long with alongside depth of 9.2 meters, and Quay 14 is 175 meters long with alongside depth of 10 meters.

The Port of Algiers contains two dry docks. The larger facility has a 136-meter-long quay that is 18.5 meters wide with a depth of 8 meters. The smaller one is 74 meters long and 15.5 meters wide.

The Port of Algiers offers storage space of almost 28 hectares, including 16 warehouses covering 4.9 hectares with capacity for 120 thousand tons of goods, and 12 hectares of open yards with capacity for 800 thousand tons. It has a grain silo with a capacity for 20 thousand tons and dry docks for the repair of ships. In 2007, the Port of Algiers handled over 11 million tons of cargo.

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