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.
CMA CGM launches direct service to link Morocco and Algeria to the Black Sea
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – The French CMA CGM Group is launching the Black Sea Med Express, created specifically to respond to the...
Shippers must register containers in advance to use Moroccan ports
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 – Effective August 1, only containers with advance notice of arrival filed sufficiently in advance via...
New Trasmediterránea maritime line will connect the Canary Islands with Morocco
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – Talks have been held between Pablo Rodríguez, Vice-President and Minister of Public Works and...
Conductix-Wampfler to supply equipment to APM in Tangier
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 2017 – Hans Künz GmbH, a specialist supplier of container cranes, and Conductix-Wampfler, are to supply 32...
CMA CGM launches service connecting Algeciras port to Africa
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – CMA CGM has announced the launch of its new Wazzan II service connecting the port of Algeciras with Morocco in...
Morocco’s AML incorporates third ship into Gibraltar Strait service
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Moroccan shipping company Africa Morocco Link (AML) has announced the incorporation of a third ship to the...
Japan’s JTEKT to build plant in Tangier
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 2, 2017 – The Japanese group JTEKT Corporation is to build its first plant in Africa and the Middle East in Tanger...
Algeciras, Tarifa ports are ready for OPE 2017
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2017 – The ports of Algeciras and Tarifa activated on Friday the special regime for Operación Paso del Estrecho 2017...
OPE 2017 starts with 6,000 passengers a day
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Operación Paso del Estrecho 2017 (OPE 2017), an initiative for the facilitation of the travel of North African...
France’s CMA CGM updates Euroaf3 service
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – French shipping company CMA CGM, in line with its intentions to further optimise its connections with Africa,...
Motril to handle 10% more passengers in OPE 2017
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – Spanish government expects Motril port’s passenger traffic to be higher by 10% during this year’s...
Maersk relocates container traffic to Tanger Med from Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Ministry has confirmed the decision of A.P. Moller–Maersk Group to move to Tanger Med...
Millionth Renault vehicle transported via Tanger Med Port
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) June 11, 2017 – Renault Maroc, part of the French Renault automotive group, and Tanger Med Port celebrated on June 6 the...
UN report highlights achievements of Tangier port
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – The United Nations (UN) has produced a report entitled, “Economic Report on Africa 2017 –...
French Renault invests €2.1 billion in Tangier
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope), June 2, 2017 – French automobile giant Renault has invested €2.1 billion ($2.29 billion) in the building of a plant and the...
Italian GNV to intensify links Sète-Morocco from June 1
Sète, France (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci s.p.a. (GNV) will intensify the links between French Mediterranean...
Reconstruction works at Tanger Port completed at 70% as of May 2017
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 28, 2017 – Reconstruction works for the transformation of the Tanger Med Port in a port of pleasure and a terminal for...