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.
France’s AFD lends funds to Morocco port authority
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 10, 2020 – L’Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Morocco’s l’Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP)...
Tanger Med Special Agency to set up Fnideq, a new free zone
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) June 30, 2020 – Tanger Med Special Agency (TMSA), manager of Tanger Med Port, is to establish Zone d’Activité...
Operation Strait Crossing 2020 cancelled by Morocco
Morocco (Ports Europe) June 26, 2020 – The Moroccan Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, has announced the cancellation of Operation Strait Crossing 2020...
New Casablanca port fishing facility close to becoming operational
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) June 14, 2020 – Morocco’s Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP) has reported that the new fishing facility at Casablanca...
Morocco begins construction of economic zone near Ceuta
Rabat, Morocco (Ports Europe) June 10, 2020 – Rabat has reportedly begun building an economic zone in Fnideq, a city near the border with the Spanish...
Tanger Med partners with initiative of world ports to guarantee continuity of international supply chains
News – Tanger Med partners with the initiative of the largest world ports to guarantee the continuity of international supply chains – May 29, 2020...
More port authorities pledge support to keep ports operating during Convid-19
Singapore (Ports Europe) May 30, 2020 – Following an initiative of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, an increasing number of ports have...
Tanger Med and Algeciras ports continue activities despite Covid-19 crisis
Collaboration between port authorities of Tanger Med and Algeciras: continuity of import-export operations across the strait – May 7, 2020 In the current...
Decathlon increases Tanger Med facility activity
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 22, 2020 – Decathlon S.A., a French sporting goods retailer, has strengthened its logistic activities...
EUROKAI reports container traffic down over 10% in Q1 2020
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 20, 2020 – In January-March 2020, EUROKAI Group container terminals recorded 2.67 million TEU handled, down 10.2% on...
Tanger Med, Algeciras Bay ports continue import/export operations
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) May 13, 2020 – Despite the global pandemic, the two port authorities of Tanger Med and the Bay of Algeciras, continue...
Morocco: Jan-Apr 2020 traffic by port
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 17, 2020 – In the first four months of 2020, the distribution of traffic by port shows that the ports of...
Morocco reports 6.9% rise in port traffic in Jan-Apr 2020; 4.9% in April
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 17, 2020 – Traffic passing through the ports managed by Morocco’s Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP) was reported...
Morocco increases grain handling by ports
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 17, 2020 – Up to the end-April 2020, Morocco imported increase volumes volumes of grain through its ports in...
Port traffic in Casablanca increases 6.3% in April
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 13, 2020 – Port traffic in Casablanca was 31.1 million tons in April, (+6.3%), compared to 29.2 million tons...
Tanger Med-Algeciras port partnership keeps services operational
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) May 12, 2020 – A close business relationship between the Spanish port of Algeciras and the Moroccan Mediterranean port of...
EBRD to provide €40 mln to upgrade of Moroccan ports
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 20, 2020 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to furnish a non-sovereign loan of up...