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The '''Port of Kismayo''' ({{langx|so|Dekada Kismaayo}}, {{langx|it|Porto di Chisimaio}}), also known as the '''Kismayo Port''', is the official seaport of Kismayo, situated in southern Somalia. It is classified as a major class port.<ref name="Icsti">{{cite web|title=Istanbul conference on Somalia 21 – 23 May 2010 - Draft discussion paper for Round Table "Transport infrastructure"|url=http://www.somalitalk.com/2010/may/istambul/transport.pdf|publisher=Government of Somalia|accessdate=31 August 2013}}</ref> It has a harbour as well as a pier which juts into the Somali Sea.<ref>Webersik, Christian, et al. "Commerce in the chaos: Bananas, charcoal, fisheries, and conflict in Somalia." Livelihoods, natural resources, and post-conflict peacebuilding (2015): 365-90.</ref>
==Roots== The natural anchorage in the vicinity of Kismayo possibly corresponds with the ancient emporium of Nikon, mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea by Arrian of the 1st century CE. The term Kismayo itself is a compound portmanteau derived from the Somali terms ''kis'', meaning ''somewhat small'', and ''mayo'', meaning ''not''.<ref>Tolmacheva, Marina. "Two East African Toponyms: A Case Study in Intercultural Transmission of Knowledge." Studies in African Languages and Cultures 48 (2014): 67-81.</ref><ref>Qaamuuska eray bixinta ee dhul</ref>
==Overview== left|thumb|Bulk carrier Rising Eagle at Kismayo Port, 10th of August 2021. Kismayo's large docks are situated on a peninsula on the Somali Sea coast. Formerly one of the Bajuni Islands, the peninsula was subsequently connected by a narrow causeway when the modern Port of Kismayo was built in 1964 with U.S. assistance. In 1966 the CIA's ''Intelligence Handbook for Special Operations – Somali Republic'' described the port as mainly an outlet for bananas and other agricultural produce. Only vessels of "very shallow draft" could be accommodated; deep-water ships had to be served by lighters in the open roadstead. Four protected berths to serve 10,000 ton vessels with drafts of up to 31 feet were part of a port expansion programme. A power plant, water system, and handling equipment were to be constructed by 1967.<ref>Central Intelligence Agency, ''Intelligence Handbook for Special Operations - Somali Republic'', July 1966 (approved for release February 2007), 105, accessible via foia.cia.gov.</ref>
The port served as a base for the Somali Navy as well as the Soviet Navy after the 1969 Somali coup d'état.<ref>UPI, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9801E6DB173BF933A1575AC0A962948260&fta=y U.S. Will Spend $38.6 Million To Refurbish Port in Somalia], September 20, 1984</ref> Somalia and the United States jointly refurbished the port in 1984 after significant wear to the {{convert|2070|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} four-berth, marginal wharf at the harbor required major renovations to maintain operations.<ref name="stinet.dtic.mil">R. Lee Hadden, Topographic Engineering Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, [https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA464006.pdf The Geology of Somalia: a Selected Bibliography of Somalian Geology, Geography and Earth Science], February 2007</ref>
The Port of Kismayo was officially brought under the Juba Interim Administration in August 2013. Per agreement, management of the facility was scheduled to be transferred to the Somali Federal Government after a period of six months. Revenues and resources generated from the seaport will, like the Kismayo airport, be earmarked for Jubaland's service delivery and security sectors as well as local institutional development.<ref name="Sjgraibtie">{{cite news|title=Somalia: Jubaland gains recognition after intense bilateral talks in Ethiopia|url=http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_Jubaland_gains_recognition_after_intense_bilateral_talks_in_Ethiopia_printer.shtml|accessdate=11 September 2013|newspaper=Garowe Online|date=28 August 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012043444/http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia_Jubaland_gains_recognition_after_intense_bilateral_talks_in_Ethiopia_printer.shtml|archivedate=12 October 2013}}</ref>
==See also== * Transportation in Somalia
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Ports in Somalia}}
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