Some 673 boats have been subjected to orca attacks in the Strait of Gibraltar, near the Moroccan, Spanish, and Portuguese coasts over the past five years, reveals a study conducted by a group of international experts.
The project to connect Morocco and Spain by tunnel in the Strait of Gibraltar is progressing. The two countries are stepping up the pace to complete the infrastructure before the 2030 World Cup, which they are co-hosting with Portugal.
The CTM group announced that it has successfully carried out a bond issue of 300 million dirhams. An amount intended for the acquisition of 51% of the capital of Africa Morocco Link (AML), of which the remaining 49%, held by Attica Holdings, have been sold to the Swedish giant Stena.
Researchers have just revealed why orcas are attacking boats mainly off the coasts of Morocco, Portugal and Spain.
While the attacks by the Houthi rebels are seriously disrupting global maritime traffic, Morocco, whose ports are chosen by European industrialists, is benefiting from the security crisis in the Red Sea.
Some 18 boats belonging to the dredging company Drapor, which found itself in judicial liquidation, are currently being auctioned off in Moroccan ports, announced Nizar Baraka, the Minister of Equipment and Water.
The Spanish Navy has deployed a patrol boat on the islands and rocks claimed by Morocco, including the Vélez de la Gomera rock.
The orcas of the Strait of Gibraltar continue to attack boats off the Moroccan coast. The latest attack took place on Sunday.
As the Marhaba operation marking the return of Moroccans residing abroad (MRE) approaches, the shipping company Intershipping finds itself unable to provide maritime links in the Strait of Gibraltar: Tangier city-Tarifa and Tangier Med-Algeciras.
Morocco and Spain are working to give substance to the project of a tunnel under the strait that will connect the two countries and by extension Africa and Europe, before the 2030 World Cup they are co-hosting with Portugal.
The delimitation of maritime borders between Morocco and Spain in the Atlantic is still not effective, two years after the normalization of relations between the two countries and the adoption of a new roadmap defining common objectives, including this delimitation of territorial waters.
The Spanish Navy’s maritime action ship "Meteoro" has been carrying out a surveillance and deterrence mission in the Alboran Sea and the cities of Ceuta and Melilla since late April.