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.
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...
CEVA Logistics accelerates expansion in Africa with acquisition of ASTI Group in Morocco
Marseille, France, January 7, 2021 – CEVA Logistics’ strategic expansion plan across the African continent is further gathering pace with the...
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...
La Méridionale offers new Ropax service between Marseille and Tangier ports
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) January 5, 2021 – The French shipping group, La Méridionale, has started a new Ropax service between between Marseille...
Tanger Alliance receives first vessel
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 29, 2020 – Tanger Alliance has received its first vessel in container terminal three (TC3). Tanger Alliance, a...
Tanger Med forecasts container handling record at year-end
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 28, 2020 – By the end of this year, the Tanger Med Port Complex is forecasting container activity (TEU) to exceed...
A.P. Moller Capital acquires 40% stake in Moroccan port grain facilities
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 4, 2020 – A.P. Moller Capital has, via the Africa Infrastructure Fund 1, acquired a 49% shareholding in...
La Spezia and Casablanca port seek cooperation
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 27, 2020 – The port authority of La Spezia has held talks with Morocco’s Casablanca with a view to...
EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA – third quarter container traffic down over 9%
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) November 16, 2020 – EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA has reported third quarter results showing reduced container throughput at...
Tanger Med and Hamburg port authorities to sign cooperation agreement
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) October 29, 2020 – Hamburg Port Authority and Tanger Med Port Authority have signed a letter of intent to agree a...
Malta and Morocco working together for a united Libya
Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Evarist Bartolo and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Morocco Nasser Bourita had a phone call wherein they discussed how...
Moroccoan ports see total traffic up nearly 7% in Jan-Sep 2020
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) October 15, 2020 – State-owned Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP) has reported that in September, traffic handled by...
Ports of La Spezia and Casablanca are getting closer with FENIX project
Thanks to European project FENIX, through which an International Fast & Secure Trade Lane will be realized, trade between this two ports will be...
Eurokai Group sees reduced profit and cargo traffic in first half 2020
Hamburg, German (PortSEurope) September 30, 2020 – The Eurokai Group has reported operating earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) down by nearly 70%...
Kalmar and Marsa Maroc continue long-term collaboration with new RTG order
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has concluded an agreement to supply Marsa Maroc with a total of three Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes for use at its TC3...
Morocco‘s Africa-to-Europe Commercial Corridor: Gatekeeper of an emerging trans-regional strategic architecture
Michaël Tanchum: Morocco’s Africa-to-Europe Commercial Corridor: Gatekeeper of an emerging trans-regional strategic architecture, AIES Fokus 08/2020...