 As the location is not a natural harbor, concrete block breakwaters had to be used to create a safe location for the ships.Plans are being made to increase its capacity.There are no natural deepwater ports along the Atlantic coast of Africa between Nouadhibou, Mauritania and Dakar, Senegal and the explosive growth of Nouakchott during the 1970s and 1980s threatened to overwhelm the modest road network connecting Nouakchott and Senegal.