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.
Spanish ports see increased challenge from Tanger Med
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Politicians from Malaga, Valencia and Catalonia have raised the issue of Tanger Med becoming...
Varroc Lighting Systems to set up plant in Tanger Automotive City
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 17, 2017 – U.S.-based Varroc Lighting Systems is to establish a manufacturing and product development base in...
Morocco signs 26 local automotive projects
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – The Moroccan government has signed deals for 26 auto industry projects, including several with Renault...
PSA group and Renault sign further auto agreements in Morocco
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Morocco has signed agreements for 26 automotive projects linked to its growing industrial capacity in...
China’s BYD to set up electric car production plant in Tangier, Morocco
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – The BYD group of China is to set up a production unit of electric cars near Tangier in the north of...
Siemens exports first wind turbine equipment under “Made in Morocco”
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Following the inauguration of its wind turbine blade factory in October 2017 in Tangier, Siemens...
Decathlon unveils largest logistics centre in Morocco in Tangier
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – The last stage of the Decathlon logistics platform, with an investment of more than MAD 100 million ,...
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...
Algeciras port to receive increased traffic from Tanger Med
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras) has participated in the logistics...
Tanger Med port hopes to join One Belt, One Road initiative
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – Morocco’s Tanger Med port hopes to strengthen its cooperation with Chinese companies and join One...
Bombardier speeds up Casablanca-Tangier port rail link
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 24, 2017 – Bombardier Transportation has reached a significant milestone in its rail modernisation projects...
Najlaa Diouri, CEO of Tanger Med Port Authority, to retire
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – After 30 years of service, Najlaa Diouri, CEO of Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA), is to retire. In...
TangerMed Freight introduced to meet order requirements
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) October 11, 2017 – TangerMed and Confédération Générale des Entreprises du Maroc (CGEM) have launched TangerMed...
Event – Tangier Logistics Days, October 5, 2017
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Organized by Tanger Med, the 3rd edition of Tangier Logistics Days will be held on Thursday October 5,...
Grandi Navi Veloci increases passenger traffic in Q3 2017
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) is performing better than expected and saw the number of passengers increase by...
APM Terminals Tangier participates for third year in the GoGreen initiative
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 29, 2017 – APM Terminals is participating for the third consecutive year in the GoGreen initiative, under the...
Maersk explores options to reduce ship congestion at Algeciras, Tanger Med ports
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – Danish shipping giant Maersk is exploring options for the minimisation of the congestion of ships at the...
CMA CGM to launch Marseille-Tanger Med ro-ro service
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – After years of bilateral negotiations between France and Morocco, ministerial visits and abortive...
Morocco’s Tanger Med port container traffic rises 11% y/y in H1 2017
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – Morocco’s Tanger Med port has said its container traffic in the first six months of 2017 rose by...
Barcelona port boosts short sea shipping lines traffic
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Barcelona port is offering more short sea shipping (SSS) lines with its main markets in Italy and North...