Maritime companies operating in the Strait of Gibraltar are severely affected by the consequences of covid-19. Passenger traffic could resume in June, not before.
Passenger traffic between southern Spain and Morocco is prohibited and freight traffic is proving unprofitable. This is causing heavy losses for shipping companies in the Strait of Gibraltar for the past month.
Exporters in the Souss-Massa region can rejoice. A new shipping line now connects the port of Agadir to Port-Vendres in France. The good news was announced by the National Ports Agency.
Morocco temporarily suspends access to its ports for all pleasure, cruise or passenger ships, as part of the implementation of the National Plan for Monitoring and Response to Covid-19.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, spoke at length about the relations between Morocco and Spain, built on "strategic, stable and evolving ties".
The Spanish government has recognized before the Parliamentarians the legitimacy of Morocco to delimit its borders.
Morocco has just acquired a Japanese oceanographic research vessel for the benefit of the National Institute of Fisheries Research (INRH). The keel laying ceremony for this vessel was held on Tuesday in Tamano, Japan, in the presence of a Moroccan delegation, chaired by the Secretary General of the Department of Maritime Fisheries, Zakia Driouich.
The head of Spanish diplomacy, Arancha Gonzàlez Laya, stated that Morocco has the right to delimit its maritime space.
Morocco and Spain are ready to continue the dialogue to settle the issue of the delimitation of maritime borders.
Two draft laws relating to the delimitation of borders will enter the legal heritage of Morocco as of this Wednesday. A ratification that comes two days before the visit to Morocco of the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha Gonzalez.
[Morocco] intends to launch major highway, rail and port infrastructure projects in 2020, in order to improve the attractiveness of the country and its various regions to foreign investment.
The adoption of the two draft laws 37-17 and 38-17 relating to the delimitation of the maritime space of Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean is no longer on the agenda of the plenary session of the House of Representatives on Monday, December 23. It has been postponed indefinitely.