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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 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.

Over 500,000 passengers pass through Tanger Med in Marhaba campaign

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) August 9, 2022 – Since the beginning of the Marhaba campaign and until August 1, 2022, 530,436 passengers (+10%...

China signs up for Morocco’s Mohamed VI Tanger Tech city project

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 27, 2022 – China signs up for Morocco’s Mohamed VI Tanger Tech city project, a new multi-sector industrial city...

APM Terminals MedPort Tangier invests in emissions-reducing equipment

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 20, 2022 – APM Terminals MedPort Tangier invests in emissions-reducing equipment, including fully electric or...

Turnover of Morocco’s ports increased by 6.8% in 2021

Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 18, 2022 – Turnover of Morocco’s ports increased by 6.8% in 2021, compared to 2020 to a record $200 million (2...

Tanger Med Zones – an example for port development and growth

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 11, 2022 – Tanger Med Zones, the developer and operator of the Tanger Med industrial platform, facilitates the...

Kalmar receives order from APM Terminals Tangier

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) June 29, 2022 – Kalmar has received a repeat order for shuttle carriers from APM Terminals in Tangier, Morocco. The first...

European delegation visits Tanger Med port complex

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) June 20, 2022 – Last Friday, a delegation of European institutions visited the Tanger Med port complex and the Renault...

CMA CGM to reshuffle its MEDWAX, EURAF 3 & WAZZAN services in West Africa

Friday, May 6, 2022 Striving for continuous improvement in our service offer to West Africa strategic markets and to better cope with current market...

Morocco announces new international automotive investments

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) March 25, 2022 – Morocco has announced the signing of eight investment agreements with five companies in the automotive...

Car parts maker Martur Fompak expand Tanger facility

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) March 1, 2022 – Turkey’s car part manufacturer, Martur Fompak, will soon open 3,500 m² extension to its plant in...

Tanger Med has published an activity report for 2021

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) February 24, 2022 – Tanger Med has published an activity report for 2021 which details operations and achievements at...

Tanger Med handled 7.17 million TEU in 2021, up 24%

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 12, 2022 – The Tanger Med Port Authority has reported that the facility handled 7,173,870 TEUs in 2021, up a huge...

Morocco’s ports forecast pre-Covid cargo traffic in 2022

Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 10, 2022 – The Conseil d’Administration of the state-owned Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP), the...

Tanger Med and Tanger Med 2 to merge into one new legal entity

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 19, 2021 – It has been agreed that Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) will merge with and acquire Tanger Med 2...

Tanger Med Zones is developing a new commercial zone located between Tetouan and M’diq at Cabo Negro

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 23, 2021 – Tanger Med Zones, a subsidiary of the Tanger Med Group, has started developing a new commercial...

APM Terminals workers strike at the Port of Algeciras

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 22, 2021 – Workers at the APM Terminals facility in the port of Algeciras have started industrial action,...

Tanger Med sets productivity records

Container Terminal 4 (MedPort APM Terminals) at Tanger Med achieved two handling records last September – November 15, 2021 The first achievement of 215...

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