Morocco
Morocco is a country in Northwest Africa with coastlines on the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Its port industry is dominated by the Tanger Med Port complex on the northern coast, just 45 km northwest of Tangier. Tanger Med has both a growing port which handled over 7 million TEU in 2021 and a highly developed industrial zone. The zone includes Tanger Automotive City which houses car manufacturers such as Renault.
Maersk diverts ME2 service around Cape of Good Hope, ports change
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) January 25, 2024 – Maersk has announced that its ME2 service will no longer transit the Red Sea and Suez Canal. Its...
Germany’s KOSTAL opens plant in Tanger Med
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) January 18, 2024 – Germany’s KOSTAL, a vehicle part manufacturer, has opened a plant in the Tanger Med...
Tanger Med Port planning a €650 million expansion
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) January 10, 2024 – The Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA), a state-owned company in charge of the development of the...
African Development Bank mobilizes €246 million for the Guercif-Nador highway
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) December 21, 2023 – The African Development Bank (AFB) will mobilize €246 million for the Guercif-Nador highway in...
APM Tangier MedPort says phase 2 expansion is operational
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) December 18, 2023 – APM Terminals Tangier MedPort has announced that an expansion of more than a million TEU (Phase 2)...
Islamic Development Bank will help Nador West Med port
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Ports Europe) December 12, 2023 – The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has approved $2.12 billion to finance new development...
Gaia Energy starts solar plant in Tanger Med industrial platform
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) November 22, 2023 – Gaia Energy has commissioned a 386.41 kW solar plant for FIT Voltaira Morocco, in Tanger Med...
Morocco’s Agence Nationale des Ports publishes 2022 annual report
Rabat, Morocco (Ports Europe) November 17, 2023 – State-owned Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP) has published its “annual report” for 2022...
Ports in Morocco increase Jan-Sep 23 cargo traffic by +2.8%
Rabat, Morocco (Ports Europe) November 17, 2023 – In January-September 2023, ports in Morocco handled 1.55.2 million tonnes of cargo traffic, up +2.8% on...
Cooperation between Baku port and Moroccan ports agency
Rabat, Morocco (Ports Europe) November 16, 2023 – A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea Baku International...
Port of Trieste on trade mission to Morocco
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 26, 2023 – The Port of Trieste is on trade mission to Morocco, together with Camera di commercio Venezia Giulia e...
DFDS acquires FRS Iberia
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) September 18, 2023 – International shipper DFDS has acquired FRS Iberia from its parent company FRS, a Flensburg-based...
Qindao Sentury Tire to build plant in Tanger Med
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 7, 2023 – Chinese tire manufacturer Qindao Sentury Tire is to build its first car tire factory in a Tanger Med...
Cargo activity of Moroccan ports for the first half of 2023
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 6, 2023 – The overall volume of commercial traffic handled by Moroccan ports, in the first half of 2023,...
Sea & Ports Group acquires NAL Maroc, Casablanca
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 4, 2023 – Sea & Ports Group has acquired NAL Maroc Maritime Agency in Casablanca, have purchased an initial...
Indore International opens facility in Tanger Med Industrial Platform
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) June 25, 2023 – India’s Indore Composite Pvt Ltd, a leading manufacturer and supplier of advanced composite...
World Bank publishes “The Container Port Performance Index 2022
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – The World Bank has published “The Container Port Performance Index 2022: A Comparable Assessment of...