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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.

EUROKAI Group sees container handling volumes up 17.3% in Q1 2021

Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) May 19, 2021 – In the first quarter of 2021 the container terminals in the EUROKAI Group saw a rise in handling volumes of...

Tanger Alliance in Tanger Med receives eight new Liebherr cranes

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 18, 2021 – The Tanger Alliance at the TC3 terminal in Tanger Med has received the final two of eight Liebherr ship...

In the last quarter of 2020, Eurokai’s port terminals handled 2.9 million containers (+ 7.2%)

The German group closed the year with a net loss of -30.6 million euros – April 29, 2021 After a long series of annual profits, in 2020 the German...

Wärtsilä and Tanger Med team up to co-develop next generation Port Management Information System

Wärtsilä has partnered with Tanger Med, the largest Mediterranean and African container port, to take a new step forward in global port efficiency by...

DACHSER Morocco opens new warehouse in Tanger Med

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 9, 2021 – DACHSER Morocco has announced that it has opened a new warehouse facility in Tanger Med port. Situated...

APM Terminals MedPort Tangier commences second phase of development

Following a total investment of 800 million USD, operations at APM Terminals MedPort Tangier commenced in 2019. It now celebrates its next major development...

Port of Algeciras presents Hercules project

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 30, 2021 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of...

Gefco opens warehouse in Tanger Med Logistics Zone

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 25, 2021 – Gefco, the French transport and logistics company, has opened a new warehouse in Tanger Med...

Morocco Cruises Line considers Motril port service

Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2021 – Representative of the Morocco Cruises Line shipping company, Mohamed Laiazic El-kadiri, has met with...

Tanger Med reports overall tonnage up 23% in 2020

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 26, 2021 – Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) has reported that overall tonnage handled in 2020 was 81 million...

New Tanger Alliance terminal (TC3) at Tanger Med Port Complex now operational

Tanger Alliance, a subsidiary of Marsa Maroc, Contship Italia, Eurogate International and Hapag-Lloyd, received its first container vessel on January 1st, 2021...

Tanger Alliance signs long-term credit facikity of €133 million

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 12, 2021 – Tanger Alliance, a joint venture of Marsa Maroc, Contship Italia, Eurogate International and Hapag...

Tanger Alliance receives first vessel

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 29, 2020 – Tanger Alliance has received its first vessel in container terminal three (TC3). Tanger Alliance, a...

Tanger Med forecasts container handling record at year-end

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 28, 2020 – By the end of this year, the Tanger Med Port Complex is forecasting container activity (TEU) to exceed...

Contship Italia Group releases new business plan targets 2021-2024

Contship Italia Group, the Italian container terminal and intermodal branch of Eurokai, today unveils a raft of new initiatives aimed at enhancing its national...

Tanger Med and Hamburg port authorities to sign cooperation agreement

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) October 29, 2020 – Hamburg Port Authority and Tanger Med Port Authority have signed a letter of intent to agree a...

Tanger Med: 35th container port in the world in 2019

News Release – Tanger Med Port Authority – August 31, 2020 Tanger Med: 35th container port in the world in 2019 Significant moving up of 11...

Tanger Med organizes “Get Together Meeting” on with members of African Port Task Force

Tanger Med organized a “Get Together Meeting” on July 23, 2020, with members of the African Port Task Force. This digital meeting was attended by...

Kuenz delivers all 42 cranes to APM Terminals, Tanger Med

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 10, 2020 – Kuenz GmbH, the Austria-based crane manufacturer, has delivered a total of 42 cranes to APM Terminals,...

Tanger Med Special Agency to set up Fnideq, a new free zone

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) June 30, 2020 – Tanger Med Special Agency (TMSA), manager of Tanger Med Port, is to establish Zone d’Activité...

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