{"id":58744,"date":"2026-04-16T09:06:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=58744"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:06:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:06:47","slug":"algerias-tariq-ibn-ziyad-ferry-returns-home-after-two-year-renovation-in-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=58744","title":{"rendered":"Algeria&#8217;s &#8216;Tariq Ibn Ziyad&#8217; Ferry Returns Home After Two-Year Renovation in Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria&#8217;s iconic passenger ferry <strong>&#8216;Tariq Ibn Ziyad&#8217;<\/strong> has officially returned to Algiers port following the completion of extensive maintenance and modernization works carried out at a repair facility in Greece, spanning over two years.<\/p>\n<p>To mark the vessel&#8217;s docking at Algiers port, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior, Local Authorities and Transport, <strong>Jamal Eddine Abdelghani Dridi<\/strong>, conducted a full inspection of the ship, examining its passenger areas, security and safety equipment, and engine room \u2014 acting on directives from Minister <strong>Said Saoud<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Following the inspection, Dridi congratulated the renovation crew and stressed the importance of delivering top-quality services to passengers, as well as ensuring regular maintenance to preserve the vessel&#8217;s operational readiness.<\/p>\n<p>Officials also confirmed that all necessary measures will be taken to ensure a successful <strong>summer 2026 season<\/strong>, particularly for Algerian diaspora communities abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria&#8217;s iconic passenger ferry &#8216;Tariq Ibn Ziyad&#8217; has officially returned to Algiers port following the completion of extensive maintenance and modernization works carried out at a repair facility in Greece, spanning over two years. To mark the vessel&#8217;s docking at Algiers port, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior, Local Authorities and Transport, Jamal &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}