Morocco’s Port of Casablanca sees total cargo down over -4% in 2021

Source: PortSEurope

January 19, 2022
Cargo, Casablanca, Morocco, Traffic

Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 19, 2022 – Last year, the Port of Casablanca handled 29 million tons of cargo, equal to 32% of the total cargo handle by ports administered by state-owned Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP). This is a -4.3% decrease compared to 2020. The decline was mainly explained by mainly by the strong drop of cereal imports (-21.5%), phosphates(-21.5%) and livestock feed (-18.2%).

However, container and sugar traffic increased by +4.7% and +12.2% respectively , with respective volumes of 1.1 million tonnes and 1.5 million tonnes. Casablanca handled 4.3 million tons of cereals, representing 60% of the country’s total traffic of cereals, but also down -21.5% on the previous year. State-owned Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP) is the regulatory body of the Moroccan port system. The ANP’s report (in French) for 2021 can be accessed here Copyright (C) PortSEurope. All Rights Reserved. 2022.

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