
New Maritime Route to Connect Spain's Huelva Port with Morocco in Early 2022
The port of Huelva plans to launch a regular maritime line with Morocco in the first quarter of 2022, announced Pilar Miranda, the president of the port authority.

The port of Huelva plans to launch a regular maritime line with Morocco in the first quarter of 2022, announced Pilar Miranda, the president of the port authority.

Following the extension of air and sea links by the Moroccan authorities until January 31, 2022, the French embassy in Morocco announced on Twitter that a special ferry connecting Tanger Med to Marseille will set sail on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, to allow French citizens, European citizens and permanent residents in France, traveling in a vehicle registered in Europe, to return home. The Méridionale company is in charge.

Many French, Belgian and Italian nationals blocked in Morocco since the suspension of flights on November 29, are waiting to be repatriated. Estimated at more than 400, they are impatient to return home.

The president of the Port Authority of Huelva (APH), Pilar Miranda, announced on a local radio station that the port will launch new regular lines with Morocco in 2022 in order to streamline the traffic of raw materials and agri-food products.

In Morocco, tourism will be severely affected by the suspension of flights and maritime links . A dark December for industry players.

Morocco has just updated its health protocol for international travel by establishing a List C of countries whose travelers are prohibited from entering Moroccan territory.

An association of international road transport (TIR) professionals threatens to block the flow of goods transiting through the ports of Tanger Med and Algeciras for 72 hours. It has called on its members to suspend their activity as a protest against the restrictions on French and Spanish visas.

The international company Royal Caribbean Cruise will launch the "Ultimate World Tour", the longest and most comprehensive cruise in the world in 2023 and plans a stopover in Casablanca, Morocco. At the helm, its ship "Serenade of the Seas".

The port of Huelva plans to open a line with Casablanca. It will be dedicated exclusively to the transport of goods for a good part of the year, but could also provide passenger transport during the summer, as it already does with the Canary Islands.

An expedition of 100 shipments of seasonal organic fruits and vegetables by the maritime line to connect the port of Tangier Med to that of Poole (United Kingdom) should be effective very soon.

The launch of the maritime line connecting the port of Tanger Med to that of Poole (United Kingdom) should be effective this September. What are its advantages for Morocco ?

Karima Benyaich , Morocco’s ambassador to Spain, will regain her post in Madrid in the coming days, where several files, including the restoration of maritime lines between Morocco and Spain, await her.