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.
Barcelona port eyes MoS to Tanger Med
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2017 – The strategy followed in recent years by Barcelona port to promote the launching of short sea shipping...
APM Terminals Tangier handles its biggest container ship ever
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – APM Terminals Tangier, the largest and most modern north African port facility, has celebrated its ten...
Conductix-Wampfler to supply equipment to APM in Tangier
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 2017 – Hans Künz GmbH, a specialist supplier of container cranes, and Conductix-Wampfler, are to supply 32...
Morocco’s AML incorporates third ship into Gibraltar Strait service
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Moroccan shipping company Africa Morocco Link (AML) has announced the incorporation of a third ship to the...
Japan’s JTEKT to build plant in Tangier
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 2, 2017 – The Japanese group JTEKT Corporation is to build its first plant in Africa and the Middle East in Tanger...
Spanish minister says every day of hourly dockworker strike costs €12 million
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna said the cost of every day of hourly stoppage of dockworkers...
France’s CMA CGM updates Euroaf3 service
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – French shipping company CMA CGM, in line with its intentions to further optimise its connections with Africa,...
Motril to handle 10% more passengers in OPE 2017
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – Spanish government expects Motril port’s passenger traffic to be higher by 10% during this year’s...
Maersk relocates container traffic to Tanger Med from Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Ministry has confirmed the decision of A.P. Moller–Maersk Group to move to Tanger Med...
Millionth Renault vehicle transported via Tanger Med Port
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) June 11, 2017 – Renault Maroc, part of the French Renault automotive group, and Tanger Med Port celebrated on June 6 the...
UN report highlights achievements of Tangier port
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – The United Nations (UN) has produced a report entitled, “Economic Report on Africa 2017 –...
French Renault invests €2.1 billion in Tangier
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope), June 2, 2017 – French automobile giant Renault has invested €2.1 billion ($2.29 billion) in the building of a plant and the...
TMPA awarded CSR Label by CGEM
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 – The CSR label has been awarded to Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) by la Confédération Générale des...
Beginning of the LPG activity at Tanger Med
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 – The Epic Barnes gas ship made its first stop at Tanger Med port on March 5, 2017 and was charged with...
Tanger Med completes bond issue
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 – On March 17, Tanger Med Special Agency (TMSA) concluded the bond issue started on March 15th, 2017 of...
Svitzer orders tugs for Tanger Med operation
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – Svitzer, a provider of sea and safety support, has ordered four more Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tugs...
Event – 9th European Harbour Masters’ Committee seminar – May 11-12, 2017, Tanger Med
Tanger Med. Morocco (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – The biennial European Harbour Masters’ Committee (EHMC) seminar is a one-day event that offers...
Tanger Med managers to visit Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – The recent extension to Tanger Med of the Motorway of the Sea connecting Vigo port to Nantes has attracted the...
Vigo port presents its logistics complex, line to Tanger in Munich
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has travelled to Munich to...
Morocco targets 10% rise of bunkering services revenue
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 21, 2017 – Morocco is targeting an increase of 10% in bunkering revenues this year, the Merchant Marine director of...