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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.

Bombardier speeds up Casablanca-Tangier port rail link

Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 24, 2017 – Bombardier Transportation has reached a significant milestone in its rail modernisation projects...

Najlaa Diouri, CEO of Tanger Med Port Authority, to retire

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – After 30 years of service, Najlaa Diouri, CEO of Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA), is to retire. In...

Tangier hosts International Days on Mediterranean marinas

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – The Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, Abdelkader Amara presided over the opening...

CMA CGM CEO Rodolphe Saadé visits Morocco

Agadir, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – Director General of the French shipper CMA CGM, Rodolphe Saadé, has visited Agadir in Morocco to meet...

EUROKAI reports on south European container terminal performance – Q3 2017

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) November 16, 2017 – In the first three quarters of 2017 the container terminals of the EUROKAI Group handled 10.9 million...

Málaga port studies launch of ferry line to Morocco

Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2017 – Spanish state-run company Turismo Costa del Sol plans to carry out a study to look at the impact that a...

Spanish ceramics producers pass anti-dumping probe in Morocco

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 13, 2017 – On November 9, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Morocco published a notification which closes the...

CGEM renews APM Terminals Tangier’s CSR status

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 9, 2017 – Confédération Générale des Entreprises du Maroc (CGEM) has renewed the CSR of APM Terminals...

Qatar plans direct shipping links with Morocco

Doha, Qatar (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – The government of Qatar has plans to establish direct shipping links between its new Hamad port and ports in...

The TransLogMED project presented in Tangier Med

On 6th October Tangier Med hosted a conference called by the Escola Europea, under the title «Motorways of the Sea: new tools towards logistics development»....

Tangier Med to starting point to develop the MoS in the Mediterranean

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Escola Europea has held a conference in Tangier “Motorways of the Sea: new tools towards...

Motorway of the Sea to Tangier allows Vigo to receive fresh fish in 36 hours

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – No European port would dispute Vigo harbour’s leadership in the handling of fish for human...

Fuerteventura government calls for subsidies for Puerto del Rosario-Tarfaya regular link

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – The president of Fuerteventura island’s government, Marcial Morales, has called on the government of...

Málaga port studies cruise cooperation deal with Tangier, Tenerife

Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – The president of Málaga port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga), Paulino Plata, has said that the...

Carole Delga president to Occitanie region visits Rabat

Rabat, Morocco (PortSEurope) October 21, 2017 – Carole Delga, regional president of the Occitanie, an administrative region of France, has visited...

Somagec takes over Tangier port cable car project

Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – Casablanca-based Somagec is to take over the cable car project in Tangier port. The project is part of...

TangerMed Freight introduced to meet order requirements

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) October 11, 2017 – TangerMed and Confédération Générale des Entreprises du Maroc (CGEM) have launched TangerMed...

Cadiz economic mission visits Morocco

Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) October 11, 2017 – About twenty companies and institutions from the province of Cadiz (southern Spain) are visiting...

Cádiz port participates in commercial mission to Morocco

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Cádiz) participates this week in a commercial...

AML to launch regular daily line linking Almería port to Morocco’s Nador

Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Shipping company Africa Morocco Link (AML) plans to launch a regular daily passenger and ro-ro line...

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