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Nador

Nador is a port city located in northeastern Morocco, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is an important hub for trade, fishing, and tourism, with a large port and a busy marina. The city is also home to a range of industries, including textiles, food processing, and construction. The port is currently being developed as part of the of the Nador West Med (NWM) port complex project. The purpose is to create a port that can compete with the largest ports in the Western Mediterranean.

World Bank to provide finance for Nador West Med (NWM) port complex

Nador, Morocco (PortSEurope) June 27, 2022 – The World Bank has approved $250 million for the MA North-East Economic Development Project which aims to...

Trasmediterránea resumes Almería-Nador ferry service

Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) May 30, 2022 – Trasmediterránea has resumed the ferry service with passengers between Almería and the Moroccan...

African Development Bank approves finance for the Nador West Med port in Morocco

Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 27, 2022 – The African Development Bank(AfDB) approved a further €57 million investment to finance the ongoing...

Expected return of passenger traffic between Spain and Morocco has a date

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) April 12, 2022 – Today the maritime ferry routes between the ports of Algeciras and Tangier-Med and between Tarifa and the...

Nador West Med scheduled for completion in 2022

Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) June 15, 2021 – The construction of the Nador West Med port complex is now 55% complete and is scheduled for completion in...

Port of Motril reduces occupancy rate at terminals operated by Armas and FRS shipping companies

Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) June 2, 2021 – Motril Port Authority has agreed to reduce the occupancy rate by 60% at the terminals operated by the Armas...

Morocco considers FSRU vessel on Atlantic or Mediterranean coast

Nador, Morocco, (Ports Europe) April 26, 2021 – Local sources are reporting that the Moroccan government is considering establishing a floating storage...

Baleària presents plans to Port Authority of Almería

Almeria, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2021 – The general director of Baleària Operations, César Rodríguez, has met with the president of...

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...

Nador West Med (NWM) Port Complex Construction Project under development

Nador, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 28, 2021 – State-owned Société Nador West Med (SNWM) is developing a industrial port complex, Nador West Med (NWM)...

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...

Morocco increases grain handling by ports

Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 17, 2020 – Up to the end-April 2020, Morocco imported increase volumes volumes of grain through its ports in...

Almería port explores business opportunities in Nador

Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) November 29, 2019 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Almería (APA – Port Authority of Almería), Jesús...

Nador West Med on the Mediterranean coast of Morocco takes shape

August 16, 2019 In 2017 Temporary Works Design (TWD) sent Marcel Vosse and Sven van den Munckhof, their marine specialists, to a new marine construction...

Valenciaport announces in Casablanca that it will organize the Mediterranean Ports & Shipping Fair in 2021

News – Valenciaport announces in Casablanca that it will organize the Mediterranean Ports & Shipping Fair in 2021 – June 27, 2019 Autoridad...

Morocco to review its National Ports Strategy

Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – In 2010, Morocco launched its National Ports Strategy (SNP), a strategy designed to run until 2030....

New rail link between Oujda city and Mediterranean port of Nador

Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 7, 2018 – The city of Oujda is to be connected to the Mediterranean port of Nador and its future port, Nador...

Spain’s Almería port handles 370,000 passengers under OPE

Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) August 27, 2018 – About 370,000 passengers have used the port of Almería in the first two months of Operación Paso del...

Moroccan entrepreneurs praise closure of customs at Melilla port

Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Moroccan entrepreneurs has praised the decision of the authorities of the country to close the customs...

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