Morocco
Morocco is a country in Northwest Africa with coastlines on the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Its port industry is dominated by the Tanger Med Port complex on the northern coast, just 45 km northwest of Tangier. Tanger Med has both a growing port which handled over 7 million TEU in 2021 and a highly developed industrial zone. The zone includes Tanger Automotive City which houses car manufacturers such as Renault.
BCP, Tanger Med Port Authority use Blockchain Payment Gateway” platform
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – On September 27, 2024, Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP) and Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) signed...
Operation Marhaba sees 45,690 passengers use Al Hoceima port
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – This year’s Operation Marhaba event saw 45,690 Moroccan passengers pass through the port of Al...
Marsa Maroc operates Cotonou port terminals, Benin
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The Moroccan port operator Marsa Maroc has signed a contract to operate Cotonou port terminals in...
Marsa Maroc has announced improved financial results for H1 2024
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 27, 2024 – Marsa Maroc has announced improved growth in its financial results for the first half of 2024....
Over 8 tons of cannabis at the Atlantic port of Safi, Morocco
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 23, 2024 – The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN-Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nationale)...
Moroccan trade delegation visits Port of Vigo
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – The Port of Vigo received yesterday a visit from a delegation from Morocco that is currently on a trade...
Tanger Automotive City to double in size
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 17, 2024 – The Moroccan government has said that the area of Tanger Automotive City will double to 1,185...
Operation Crossing the Gibraltar Strait, passengers up 5.5%
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – In 2024, 2.8 million passengers passed through Moroccan ports during Operation Crossing the...
Sanmar delivers Boğaçay series tug to Moroccan operator JL Tug
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 10, 2024 – Sanmar has delivered a multi-purpose tug to the port of Jorf Lasfar, Morocco, a deepwater commercial...
521,000 vials of an illicit drug seized in Tanger Med
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 8, 2024 – Police in Tanger Med port have seized 521,000 vials of an illicit substance. The vials were found...
Morocco’s Jorf Lasdar port starts sugar handling
Jorf Lasfar, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 5, 2024 – The Marsa Maroc-operated port of Jorf Lasfar handled the first shipment of 55,000 tons of raw...
Morocco ports see cargo up nearly 25% in Q2 2024
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 2, 2024 – Ports managed by state-owned Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP) handled nearly 26 million tonnes of...
Marsa Maroc reports increased cargo in Q2 2024
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – Marsa Maroc has reported traffic figures for Q2 2024, including increased cargo. Marsa Maroc is the...
Tanger Med reports improved sales in Q2 2024
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) recorded sales of DH1 billion (93.1 million euros) in Q2 2024,...
4.2 tonnes of hashish and 46 kg of cocaine seized in Western Sahara
El Guergarat, Western Sahara (Ports Europe) August 25, 2024 – The customs authorities in Dakhla-Oued Eddahab (old name Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira) seized 4.2...
Cavotec installs MoorMaster system in APM Terminals MedPort Tangier
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 21, 2024 – Cavotec has announced the commissioning of a MoorMaster automated vacuum mooring system at APM...
EBRD to furnish loan to Nador West Med complex
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 17, 2024 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will lend 110 million euros to Nador West Med...
ONE launches Ocean Network Express Morocco
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 8, 2024 – Ocean Network Express (ONE) is launching Ocean Network Express Morocco, a joint venture company...
Spain-Morocco submarine railway tunnel plan reopened
Punta Paloma, Spain (Ports Europe) August 3, 2024 – In a development that could reshape transport and trade between Europe and Africa, Spain and Morocco...
Grandi Navi Veloci opens office in Nador, Morocco
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 30, 2024 – The Italian ferry company Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) has opened a new bureau in Nador, its second in Morocco...