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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.

Qindao Sentury Tire to build plant in Tanger Med

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 7, 2023 – Chinese tire manufacturer Qindao Sentury Tire is to build its first car tire factory in a Tanger Med...

Indore International opens facility in Tanger Med Industrial Platform

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) June 25, 2023 – India’s Indore Composite Pvt Ltd, a leading manufacturer and supplier of advanced composite...

EUROGATE Tanger reports TEU traffic down in Q1 2023

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 30, 2023 – EUROGATE Tanger has reported TEU traffic of 583,262 TEU in the first quarter of 2023, down -3.6% on the...

World Bank publishes “The Container Port Performance Index 2022

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – The World Bank has published “The Container Port Performance Index 2022: A Comparable Assessment of...

EUROKAI sees TEU handling down over 16% in Q1 2023

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 17, 2023 – In the first quarter of 2023 the container terminals in the EUROKAI Group saw an overall decline in...

APM Terminals MedPort Tangier receives new cranes

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 28, 2023 – APM Terminals MedPort Tangier in Morocco has received the first of four batches of new dual...

Maritima Peregar starts freight line between the ports of Malaga, Tanger Med

Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) March 7, 2023 – The Maritima Peregar company has started a regular freight line between the ports of Malaga and Tanger Med....

Ports Europe: 10 most read articles in 2022

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) December 31, 2022 – Below are the 10 most read articles in 2022 in Ports Europe by our global customer base. Interest is...

Baleària starts daily Motril-Tanger Med cargo service

Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2022 – Baleària has started up a new cargo line to connect the ports of Motril and Tangier Med on a daily...

Valencia looks to increase trade with Northern Morocco

València, Spain (PortSEurope) November 28, 2022 – The Port of València is looking to increase its cargo trade with the ports of Northern Morocco. To...

La Méridionale connects Barcelona, Tanger Med with new service

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 4, 2022 – La Méridionale is connecting Barcelona and Tanger Med with new service with capacity for up to 100...

British MPs visit Tanger Med Port, Morocco

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) October 15, 2022 – Yesterday, a delegation of British Members of Parliament (MPs) visited Tanger Med Port in Northern...

CMA CGM to launch Morocco Shuttle, linking Morocco, France & Spain

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 11, 2022 – CMA CGM – Short Sea Lines Division to launch Morocco Shuttle, a new butterfly service linking...

Motherson opens new facility in Tanger Med Industrial Platform

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) October 7, 2022 – India’s Motherson has opened a new facility in Tanger Med Industrial Platform. It is a part of...

EUROKAI terminals see container throughout down in H1 2022

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 30, 2022 – The EUROKAI Group, which includes CONTSHIP, reported an overall fall of -14% in container (TEU)...

Morocco and Ireland discuss maritime cooperation

Cork, Ireland (Ports Europe) September 26, 2022 – Morocco and Ireland have discussed maritime cooperation with possible links between Cork and Tangier...

Germany’s Stahlschmidt International sets up in Tanger Automotive City

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 5, 2022 – Germany’s Stahlschmidt International Holding GmBH (SCS) sets up in Tanger Automotive City....

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