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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.

Tanger Med to buy 35% stake in Marsa Maroc from the state

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 29, 2021 – Tanger Med, the operator of the same named port, is to acquire 35% of Marsa Maroc (Société...

Morocco excludes Spanish ports from annual Operation Paso Del Estrecho

Rabat, Morocco (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – Last week, the Moroccan government announced that Spanish ports would not be included the annual Operation...

EUROKAI Group sees container handling volumes up 17.3% in Q1 2021

Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) May 19, 2021 – In the first quarter of 2021 the container terminals in the EUROKAI Group saw a rise in handling volumes of...

Tanger Alliance in Tanger Med receives eight new Liebherr cranes

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 18, 2021 – The Tanger Alliance at the TC3 terminal in Tanger Med has received the final two of eight Liebherr ship...

Morocco awards construction contract for Dakhla port, Western Sahara

Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 7, 2021 – The Ministry of Transport has awarded a contract to build a $1 billion Atlantic port in Dakhla, in the...

Morocco considers FSRU vessel on Atlantic or Mediterranean coast

Nador, Morocco, (Ports Europe) April 26, 2021 – Local sources are reporting that the Moroccan government is considering establishing a floating storage...

Moroccan ports see traffic down 2.3% in Q1 2021

The traffic transiting through the ports managed by the ANP has reached at the end of March 2021 a global volume of 22.9 million tonnes, marking a year-on-year...

Telephone conversation between Slovenian and Moroccan foreign ministers

Minister of Foreign Affairs Anže Logar today held a telephone conversation with Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan...

APM Terminals MedPort Tangier commences second phase of development

Following a total investment of 800 million USD, operations at APM Terminals MedPort Tangier commenced in 2019. It now celebrates its next major development...

Port of Algeciras presents Hercules project

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 30, 2021 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of...

Gefco opens warehouse in Tanger Med Logistics Zone

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 25, 2021 – Gefco, the French transport and logistics company, has opened a new warehouse in Tanger Med...

Morocco Cruises Line considers Motril port service

Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2021 – Representative of the Morocco Cruises Line shipping company, Mohamed Laiazic El-kadiri, has met with...

Eco Wave Power wins the Smart Port Challenge in Morocco

Eco Wave Power (EWPG Holding AB) has announced the winning of the Smart Port Challenge Competition held by Morocco’s National Ports Agency and National...

Nador West Med (NWM) Port Complex Construction Project under development

Nador, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 28, 2021 – State-owned Société Nador West Med (SNWM) is developing a industrial port complex, Nador West Med (NWM)...

Tanger Med reports overall tonnage up 23% in 2020

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 26, 2021 – Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) has reported that overall tonnage handled in 2020 was 81 million...

New Tanger Alliance terminal (TC3) at Tanger Med Port Complex now operational

Tanger Alliance, a subsidiary of Marsa Maroc, Contship Italia, Eurogate International and Hapag-Lloyd, received its first container vessel on January 1st, 2021...

Tanger Alliance signs long-term credit facikity of €133 million

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 12, 2021 – Tanger Alliance, a joint venture of Marsa Maroc, Contship Italia, Eurogate International and Hapag...

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