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.
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...
Maersk Europe Market Update – July 2024
Ocean and Key Ports Update – July 18, 2024 As the situation in the Red Sea remains highly volatile, and continues to stretch into the third quarter of 2024,...
Update: Marsa Maroc to manage Nador’s East Container Terminal
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 1, 2024 – State-owned Marsa Maroc signed in June a contract to manage the East Container Terminal at Morocco’s...
Genoa and Tangier sign “Friendship and Collaboration Pact”
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) June 14, 2024 – The Municipalities of Genoa and Tangier have signed a “Friendship and Collaboration Pact” to...
Container Port Performance Index 2024 – Top Europe/N Africa – Ranking
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 6, 2024 – The World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence have published the fourth edition of Container Port...
Container Port Performance Index 2024 – Top 10 ports – Ranking
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 6, 2024 – The World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence have published the fourth edition of Container Port...
Morocco’s ports handled 55.2 mln tonnes of cargo in Q1 2024
Rabat, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – Moroccan ports handled 55.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first quarter of 2024, an increase of +13.3%...
Reference – Red Sea crisis
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – Since October 2023, Houthi rebels have been attacking cargo and container ships in the Red Sea. The rebels...