The Port Authority of Algeciras has announced that travelers wishing to embark with their vehicles, as part of the Marhaba Operation, will have to compulsorily obtain a ticket.
The National Police and the Civil Guard have dismantled a major drug trafficking network between the ports of Tangier and Algeciras in which police officers are involved. In total, at least eight agents from different corps have been arrested.
Algeciras fears an influx of travelers for the Marhaba Operation 2022 which starts on June 15, after two years of cancellation. The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA) and the city authorities have put in place a system to manage this significant flow of passengers.
The employees of the 13 travel agencies located at the maritime station of the port of Algeciras plan to demonstrate this Friday to demand that the shipping companies allow them to continue selling tickets for at least one year.
Travel agencies in the port of Algeciras are forced to close due to the refusal of almost all shipping companies operating in the Strait of Gibraltar to provide them with tickets to sell.
The shipping company FRS wants to recruit to relaunch its activities, after the resumption of maritime traffic between the Spanish and Moroccan ports and in preparation for the Marhaba Operation 2022. About a hundred new jobs will be created in Algeciras.
Morocco and Spain are preparing for Operation Marhaba 2022, after two consecutive years of cancellation by Morocco for health and diplomatic reasons. The port of Algeciras, one of the ports most used by Moroccans in Europe to reach Morocco in the summer, is also gearing up for the smooth running of this operation.
The significant influx of passengers on the first ferries heading to Morocco from Spanish ports suggests an Marhaba Operation that will be exceptional this summer, after two years of closure of maritime borders.
In a context of resumption of passenger maritime traffic with Morocco, the port of Algeciras is seeking to finalize the rail connectivity with Aragon (northeast of Spain), in particular to ensure the traffic of trucks (semi-trailers) between Algeciras and Zaragoza.
A police union is again warning about the lack of personnel to effectively cope with the significant influx of Moroccans residing in Europe who will pass through Algeciras with their vehicles to go to Morocco this summer as part of Operation Marhaba 2022.
Searches for ferries between Spain and Morocco have tripled just one week after the reopening of maritime borders between the two countries.
About 4,000 travelers and 922 vehicles boarded the first boats authorized to transport passengers with vehicles from the ports of Algeciras and Tarifa to Tanger Med on Monday.