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.
Beginning of the LPG activity at Tanger Med
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 – The Epic Barnes gas ship made its first stop at Tanger Med port on March 5, 2017 and was charged with...
Tanger Med completes bond issue
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 – On March 17, Tanger Med Special Agency (TMSA) concluded the bond issue started on March 15th, 2017 of...
Svitzer orders tugs for Tanger Med operation
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – Svitzer, a provider of sea and safety support, has ordered four more Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tugs...
FLSmidth awarded operations contract in Morocco
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 21, 2017 – Denmark’s FLSmidth has won a five-year contract from OCP S.A. (formerly known as Office Chérifien...
Event – 9th European Harbour Masters’ Committee seminar – May 11-12, 2017, Tanger Med
Tanger Med. Morocco (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – The biennial European Harbour Masters’ Committee (EHMC) seminar is a one-day event that offers...
Nador West Med to develop international capacity
Nador, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – The Moroccan government plans to develop Nador West Med port complex with a focus on European opportunities....
Vinci completes Casablanca port development
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Dumez Maroc (Vinci Construction International Network) has handed over the new fishing port in...
Nantes−St. Nazaire Port sends delegation to Morocco
Nantes-St-Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) May 6, 2017 – At the end of last month, the port of Nantes-St-Nazaire sent a delegation to the Automotive...
Suardiaz extends Morocco ro-ro service
Nantes-St.Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) May 5, 2017 – Suardiaz, the Spanish shipping and logistics group, is extending its Montoir-de-Bretagne (Nantes)...
ADFD sees $1.3bn Morocco development projects on track
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) April 29, 2017 – Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has said that majority of its Moroccan development projects are...
Morocco targets 10% rise of bunkering services revenue
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 21, 2017 – Morocco is targeting an increase of 10% in bunkering revenues this year, the Merchant Marine director of...
Moroccan government studies improvement of Tarfaya port access
Tarfaya, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – Moroccan Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, represented by the Provincial Directorate of...
France’s CMA CGM updates offer from Tangier port
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 11, 2017 – French company CMA CGM has announced the launch of its Med Canada service that will connect Montreal with...
Suardiaz extends Motorway of the Sea line from Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2017 – Vigo port received on Friday the first call of the “Galicia” vessel, which will link the terminals...
Tanger Med Port traffic climbed in Q1 2017
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 8, 2017 – In the first quarter of 2017 container traffic at Tanger Med port increased 10.2%, while the passenger...
Eurogate Group presents its results for the 2016 financial year
Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) April 6, 2017 – EUROGATE Group today presented its results for the 2016 financial year – expansive business...
Casablanca port starts development project
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 3, 2017 – Two projects have been launched in Casablanca worth a total of MAD 340 million (€31.7 million/$29.7...