Casablanca
The largest port in Morocco, the port of Casablanca is a versatile port with a strong emphasis on commercial trade. The port spans over 450 ha, including 256 ha of platforms and features more than 8 km of quays. It can accommodate up to 40 ships at a time and features a commercial port, a fishing port, a marina, as well as facilities and infrastructure for launching and docking ships in shipyards. Moroccan ports are managed by state-owned Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP).
Nippon Express to open branch in Casablanca
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 3, 2017 – Nippon Express, a global logistics company, is to open a branch office in the Moroccan port of...
Bombardier speeds up Casablanca-Tangier port rail link
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 24, 2017 –Â Bombardier Transportation has reached a significant milestone in its rail modernisation projects...
Qatar plans direct shipping links with Morocco
Doha, Qatar (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – The government of Qatar has plans to establish direct shipping links between its new Hamad port and ports in...
Tangier Med to starting point to develop the MoS in the Mediterranean
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 –Â Escola Europea has held a conference in Tangier “Motorways of the Sea: new tools towards...
Cadiz economic mission visits Morocco
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) October 11, 2017 – About twenty companies and institutions from the province of Cadiz (southern Spain) are visiting...
CMA CGM launches Morocco Express ro-ro service
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – The French CMA CGM Group, a leader in container shipping, is launching a service connecting Morocco...
Huelva port strengthens relations with Morocco’s Casablanca harbour
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has participated in a commercial mission to...
Casablanca port set for improved link with Zenata logistics zone
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – A new agreement is set to allow development of the road connection between the port of Casablanca...
Arkas Morocco to operate news services locally
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Arkas Morocco S.A., a subsidiary of Turkey’s Arkas Line (the brand name of Arkas Container...
Morocco’s new Safi port 75% complete
Safi, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 15, 2017 – The project to create a new port at Safi was started in 2013 and is now 75% complete. At a cost of...
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 –Â Effective August 1, only containers with advance notice of arrival filed sufficiently in advance via...
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...
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...
Vinci completes Casablanca port development
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 –Â Dumez Maroc (Vinci Construction International Network) has handed over the new fishing port in...
Event – Transport Logistics – Munich, May 9-12, 2017
Munich, Germany (PortSEurope) May 3,2017 – “transport logistics” is the world’s leading trade fair for logistics, mobility, IT and...
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...
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...
MTL Feeder to launch regular sea service connecting Castellon, Barcelona to Alexandria
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2017 – Container feeder operator MTL Feeder (Maritime Tunisian Line) plans to launch a new regular sea service,...
Moroccan government to invest MAD 2.5 billion in port infrastructure this year
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 17, 2017 – This year will be marked by the launch of new infrastructure projects at Moroccan ports, l’Agence...