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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.

Tanger Med Port Authority to improve customs service

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 2, 2018 – The Customs and Excise Administration (ADII) and Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) have reached an...

EUROGATE International reports container throughout figures for 2017

Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) April 12, 2018 – As part of EUROGATE’s figures for the 2017 financial year, container throughput for EUROGATE...

Ranking: leading Mediterranean and Black Sea TEU ports for the period 2005-2017

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2018 – Assoporti, the Italian ports association, has published full statistics for TEU traffic at leading Mediterranean...

Morocco becomes Vigo port’s leading trade partner

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – Vigo launched a Motorway of the Sea (MoS) to Morocco’s Tanger Med in April 2017. The statistics for...

The world’s largest container-handling cranes arrive at APM Terminals MedPort Tangier

Tangiers, Morocco – APM Terminals MedPort Tangier has announced the arrival of three of the newest and largest ship-to-shore (STS) cranes in the world,...

Algeciras port hosts meeting of Mediterranean, Atlantic corridors workgroup

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – Algeciras port hosted the first meeting of the year of the working group of ports and intermodal...

Emirates Logistics and Adidas open Tanger Med port logistics facility

Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 3, 2018 – The UAE-based freight and logistics chain, Emirates Logistics and Adidas AG, the German sports...

Prettl to open facility in Automotive City Tangier

Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – The German group Prettl, a manufacturer of auto parts, has announced the construction of a new...

Event: Mediterranean ports to attend Fruit Logistica in Berlin – February 7-9, 2017

Berlin, Germany (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – The annual Fruit Logistica show covers all sectors of the fresh produce business and provides a complete...

PSA set for automotive exports from Tanger Med, Morocco

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) Jnauary 14, 2018 – A well-honed operation is being put in place to sell Groupe PSA-manufactured vehicles in...

Tanger Med exceeds for the first time the 50 million tons annual mark

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – The port of Tanger Med recorded an increase in the various indicators of port activity during 2017,...

APM Terminals MedPort Tangier set to receive crane equipment from China

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – APM Terminals MedPort Tangier is set to receive the first three, of a total of 12 advanced...

Germany’s FRS acquires ship for Motril-Tanger Med line

Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – German group Förde Reederei Seetouristik GmbH & Co. KG (FRS) has acquired the “MV Miranda”...

Spanish ports see increased challenge from Tanger Med

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Politicians from Malaga, Valencia and Catalonia have raised the issue of Tanger Med becoming...

Varroc Lighting Systems to set up plant in Tanger Automotive City

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 17, 2017 – U.S.-based Varroc Lighting Systems is to establish a manufacturing and product development base in...

Morocco signs 26 local automotive projects

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – The Moroccan government has signed deals for 26 auto industry projects, including several with Renault...

PSA group and Renault sign further auto agreements in Morocco

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Morocco has signed agreements for 26 automotive projects linked to its growing industrial capacity in...

China’s BYD to set up electric car production plant in Tangier, Morocco

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – The BYD group of China is to set up a production unit of electric cars near Tangier in the north of...

Siemens exports first wind turbine equipment under “Made in Morocco”

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Following the inauguration of its wind turbine blade factory in October 2017 in Tangier, Siemens...

Decathlon unveils largest logistics centre in Morocco in Tangier

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – The last stage of the Decathlon logistics platform, with an investment of more than MAD 100 million ,...

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