Agadir
Agadir is a city located in southwestern Morocco, on the Atlantic coast. It is the capital of the Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane Prefecture and the Souss-Massa region. The city has a population of about 553,000 people and is the largest urban center in the region. Agadir is an important economic hub, with a port and a number of industries, including tourism, agriculture, and fish processing.
Pullmantur to operate cruise service linking Canary Islands to Agadir port
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2018 – Santa Cruz de La Palma port will be the point of embarkation for a cruise service through...
Naviera Armas plans Agadir port link on Cadiz and the Canary Islands service
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – Maritime group Naviera Armas SA is interested in strengthening links between Moroccan...
Morocco’s national ports agency plans MAD 6 billion of investments
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – The country’s Agence National des Ports (ANP –Â National Ports Agency) plans to...
Marseille Fos port attends SIFEL trade show in Agadir
Agadir, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – In November 2017, representatives of the port of Marseille Fos attended the 15th edition of the...
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...
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...
Agadir port to receive investment of MAD 700 million
Agadir, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 30, 2017 – A total investment of MAD 700 million (€62.68 million) is to finance several projects at the port...
Arkas Morocco to operate news services locally
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Arkas Morocco S.A., a subsidiary of Turkey’s Arkas Line (the brand name of Arkas Container...
Morocco’s new Safi port 75% complete
Safi, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 15, 2017 – The project to create a new port at Safi was started in 2013 and is now 75% complete. At a cost of...
Marsa Morocco injects MAD 13 million in its subsidiary SMA
Agadir, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 3, 2017 – Less than a year after its creation, Société de Manutention d’Agadir (SMA) has raised its capital...
Shippers must register containers in advance to use Moroccan ports
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 –Â Effective August 1, only containers with advance notice of arrival filed sufficiently in advance via...
CMA CGM launches a new service without any stopover between Morocco and Russia
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 –Â CMA CGM, a leading worldwide shipping group, launches the newly enhanced service AGAX, which will...
EU Commissioner Vella attends Halieutis fair in Morocco
Agadir, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – EU Commissioner Karmenu Vella, responsible for fisheries and maritime affairs, has travelled to...
Morocco to launch construction of multipurpose terminal at Agadir port in 2017
Agadir, Morocco (Ports Europe) January 4, 2017 – Moroccan national ports agency Agence nationale des ports (ANP) plans to launch new infrastructure...