Casablanca
The largest port in Morocco, the port of Casablanca is a versatile port with a strong emphasis on commercial trade. The port spans over 450 ha, including 256 ha of platforms and features more than 8 km of quays. It can accommodate up to 40 ships at a time and features a commercial port, a fishing port, a marina, as well as facilities and infrastructure for launching and docking ships in shipyards. Moroccan ports are managed by state-owned Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP).
Morocco’s ports forecast pre-Covid cargo traffic in 2022
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) January 10, 2022 – The Conseil d’Administration of the state-owned Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP), the...
Morocco picks Mohammedia for potential floating gas facility
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) January 4, 2022 – The Government of Morocco has invited bids to produce a study for the upgrade of Mohammedia port,...
Port of Casablanca receives environmental management standard ISO 14001
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) October 6, 2021 – The port of Casablanca has obtained environmental management standard ISO 14001 (2015 version)...
Port operator Marsa Maroc sees cargo traffic up 22% in Q1 2021
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 15, 2021 – Total traffic handled by Marsa Maroc and its subsidiaries as at June 30th, 2021, amounted to 23...
CMA CGM to launch a new Ro-Ro Short Sea Med service connecting Marseille & Barcelona with Casablanca
July 26, 2021 – Because BETTER WAYS are meant to be executed, CMA CGM is pleased to announce the launching of a new RORO Short Sea Med service,...
Morocco awards construction contract for Dakhla port, Western Sahara
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 7, 2021 – The Ministry of Transport has awarded a contract to build a $1 billion Atlantic port in Dakhla, in the...
Morocco’s ports see cargo traffic down 7.7% in January
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 20, 2021 – Cargo traffic at Morocco’s ports recorded a total of 7.5 million tonnes for January 2021, down...
Moroccan port traffic up 5.1% in 2020
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) February 3, 2021 – State-owned Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP), the regulatory body of the Moroccan port system, has...
Eco Wave Power wins the Smart Port Challenge in Morocco
Eco Wave Power (EWPG Holding AB) has announced the winning of the Smart Port Challenge Competition held by Morocco’s National Ports Agency and National...
CEVA Logistics accelerates expansion in Africa with acquisition of ASTI Group in Morocco
Marseille, France, January 7, 2021 – CEVA Logistics’ strategic expansion plan across the African continent is further gathering pace with the...
Casablanca, Jorf Lasfar and Mohammedia ports account for over 75% of cargo traffic in Morocco
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 18, 2020 – State-owned Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP), the regulatory body of the Moroccan port system, has...
A.P. Moller Capital acquires 40% stake in Moroccan port grain facilities
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 4, 2020 – A.P. Moller Capital has, via the Africa Infrastructure Fund 1, acquired a 49% shareholding in...
La Spezia and Casablanca port seek cooperation
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 27, 2020 – The port authority of La Spezia has held talks with Morocco’s Casablanca with a view to...
Moroccoan ports see total traffic up nearly 7% in Jan-Sep 2020
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) October 15, 2020 – State-owned Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP) has reported that in September, traffic handled by...
Ports of La Spezia and Casablanca are getting closer with FENIX project
Thanks to European project FENIX, through which an International Fast & Secure Trade Lane will be realized, trade between this two ports will be...
Kalmar and Marsa Maroc continue long-term collaboration with new RTG order
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has concluded an agreement to supply Marsa Maroc with a total of three Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes for use at its TC3...
France’s AFD lends funds to Morocco port authority
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 10, 2020 – L’Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Morocco’s l’Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP)...
New Casablanca port fishing facility close to becoming operational
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) June 14, 2020 – Morocco’s Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP) has reported that the new fishing facility at Casablanca...
Morocco: Jan-Apr 2020 traffic by port
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 17, 2020 – In the first four months of 2020, the distribution of traffic by port shows that the ports of...
Morocco reports 6.9% rise in port traffic in Jan-Apr 2020; 4.9% in April
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 17, 2020 – Traffic passing through the ports managed by Morocco’s Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP) was reported...