Tanger Med
Tanger Med is a Moroccan industrial port complex, located 45 km northeast of Tangier and opposite Tarifa in Spain (15 km north) on the Strait of Gibraltar. It is a port complex operated by the Tanger Med Port Authority. Part of the port is occupied by the Logistics Free Zone “ZFL” managed by the company Medhub. This includes Tanger Automotive City. Tanger Med achieved record throughput of more than 7 million TEU in 2021.
Tanger Med reports improved sales in Q2 2024
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) recorded sales of DH1 billion (93.1 million euros) in Q2 2024,...
Cavotec installs MoorMaster system in APM Terminals MedPort Tangier
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 21, 2024 – Cavotec has announced the commissioning of a MoorMaster automated vacuum mooring system at APM...
Somagec, SGTM to extend Tanger Med passenger, Ro-Ro terminals
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 21, 2024 – The Moroccan consortium Somagec-SGTM (Societé Générale des Travaux du Maroc) has won the tender to...
Maersk Europe Market Update – July 2024
Ocean and Key Ports Update – July 18, 2024 As the situation in the Red Sea remains highly volatile, and continues to stretch into the third quarter of 2024,...
Update: Marsa Maroc to manage Nador’s East Container Terminal
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 1, 2024 – State-owned Marsa Maroc signed in June a contract to manage the East Container Terminal at Morocco’s...
Genoa and Tangier sign “Friendship and Collaboration Pact”
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) June 14, 2024 – The Municipalities of Genoa and Tangier have signed a “Friendship and Collaboration Pact” to...
Container Port Performance Index 2024 – Top Europe/N Africa – Ranking
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 6, 2024 – The World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence have published the fourth edition of Container Port...
Container Port Performance Index 2024 – Top 10 ports – Ranking
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 6, 2024 – The World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence have published the fourth edition of Container Port...
Morocco’s ports handled 55.2 mln tonnes of cargo in Q1 2024
Rabat, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – Moroccan ports handled 55.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first quarter of 2024, an increase of +13.3%...
Reference – Red Sea crisis
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – Since October 2023, Houthi rebels have been attacking cargo and container ships in the Red Sea. The rebels...
Tanger Med is one of the world’s top 19 container ports
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – Morocco’s Tanger Med port in the Strait of Gibraltar achieved record figures in 2023, the year in which...
IPCSA holds annual meeting in Tanger Med port
International Port Community Systems Association gathers for annual members’ meeting in Tanger Med Port Complex – May 16, 2024 Innovation, AI, supply...
FT: Western Mediterranean container ports congested by Red Sea crisis
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 23, 2024 – Container ports around the Western Mediterranean are nearing full capacity, raising the risk of higher...
Stena Line enters Mediterranean market
Gothenburg, Sweden (Ports Europe) April 9, 2024 – With the purchase of a 49% stake in Africa Morocco Link (AML), Stena Line enters the Mediterranean...
Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd’s Gemini Cooperation to rely on 15 main ports
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 30, 2024 – Fifteen ports will play a key role in A.P. Moller-Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd’s Gemini...
Authorities discover 1.3 tonnes of hashish in Tanger Med
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 18, 2024 – The authorities have found 1.3 tonnes of hashish (cannabis resin) in a Moroccan-registered...
Maersk’s Morocco Bridge to Europe
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 10, 2024 – The new Morocco Bridge is a multimodal service that connects Morocco to Spain and the rest of Europe....
Is COSCO interested in operating Port of Nador, Morocco?
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 4, 2024 – Reports from Spain suggest that the Moroccan government has approached China’s COSCO to manage its...
Update: Morocco 2023 port performance. Tanger Med shines
Rabat, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 3, 2024 – Ports managed by state-owned Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP), the regulatory body of the Moroccan port...
Ports of Gioia Tauro and Tanger Med talk cooperation
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) February 21, 2024 – The honorary consul of the Kingdom of Morocco for the Calabria Region, Domenico Naccari, has met...