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Tanger Med

Tanger Med is a Moroccan industrial port complex, located 45 km northeast of Tangier and opposite Tarifa in Spain (15 km north) on the Strait of Gibraltar. It is a port complex operated by the Tanger Med Port Authority. Part of the port is occupied by the Logistics Free Zone “ZFL” managed by the company Medhub. This includes Tanger Automotive City. Tanger Med achieved record throughput of more than 7 million TEU in 2021.

APM Terminals’ expanded Medport Tangier port now operational.

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) December 17, 2024 – APM Terminals’ newly expanded Medport Tangier port is now operational. The terminal now has...

EM ENERGIE sets up in Tangier Automotive City

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) December 10, 2024 – Groupe EM ENERGIE will establish a facility in Tangier Automotive City, which is located next to...

Authorities seize 828 kilograms of hashish in Tanger Med

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) December 9, 2024 – A total of 828 kilograms of hashish has been seized in the Port of Tanger Med. On December 5, the...

New office of Honorary Consulate of Morocco in Calabria opens in Gioia Tauro

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) December 4, 2024 – The new headquarters of the Honorary Consulate of Morocco in Calabria was inaugurated on Saturday in...

Tanger Med handles more traffic during 2024 Marhaba season

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – During the 2024 Marhaba season, the Tanger Med port complex handled 1.73 million passengers and...

APM Terminals orders 20 Kalmar hybrid straddle carriers

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) November 26, 2024 – Kalmar has signed an agreement to supply APM Terminals in Tangermed, Morocco, with a further 20...

Tanger Med sees Jan-Sep 2024 turnover up 11%

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) November 24, 2024 – In the first nine months of 2024, Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) has reported turnover of over 3...

EUROKAI reports TEU handling up over 10% in Jan-Sep 2024

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) November 13, 2024 – In the first nine months of 2024, EUROKAI container terminals handled 9.12 million TEUs, up 10.4% on...

Southern Mediterranean shore transhipment hubs

Paris, France (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – From Tanger Med to Damietta, transhipment hubs in the Mediterranean are developing rapidly on the...

Alleged ship with arms for Israel heads for Tanger Med

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) November 11, 2024 – A second ship, the Maersk Denver, which is suspected of carrying weapons from the US, has docked...

IFC funds Tanger Med Port Complex truck and passenger upgrade

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) November 4, 2024 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and other institutions will fund Tanger Med Port...

Tanger Med attends Marrakech Airshow 2024

Marrakech, Morocco (Ports Europe) October 30, 2024 – The Tanger Med Group will attend the Marrakech Airshow 2024 which runs from October 30-November 2....

72.2 kg of cocaine seized in Tanger Med port and El Guerguerat border crossing

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) October 28, 2024 – Morocco’s police seized more than 72.2 kg of cocaine in two separate security operations in...

Maersk Europe Market Update – October 2024

Ocean Update – October 10, 2024 The situation on the East Coast and Gulf Coast of the United States of America continues to be closely monitored by our...

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...

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace comments on Tanger Med

Washington, USA (Ports Europe) September 24, 2024 – The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has published a research article entitled...

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...

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,...

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...

Somagec, SGTM to extend Tanger Med passenger, Ro-Ro terminals

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 21, 2024 – The Moroccan consortium Somagec-SGTM (Societé Générale des Travaux du Maroc) has won the tender to...

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