Zakia Driouich, the Secretary of State for Maritime Fisheries, stated that orca, particularly the Orcinus orca, attacks on fishing boats are neither hostile nor violent, assuring that the government is making efforts to combat this phenomenon.
Rescue operations for the Moroccan Royal Navy patrol boat that ran aground in the waters of Melilla have failed.
5.5 million years ago, the narrowing of the Strait of Gibraltar, particularly the passage between Spain and Morocco, led to the drying up of the Mediterranean, which lost 70% of its water volume, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Communications.
Two tankers, the chemical tanker Southern Puma and the bulk carrier Louisa Bolten, collided on Friday morning in the waters of the Strait of Gibraltar, off the coast of Morocco.
The Spanish Navy has deployed the amphibious assault ship Galicia (L-51) in the city of Melilla, near Moroccan waters. A clear message sent to the kingdom that claims this territory.
More than two years after the normalization of relations between Morocco and Spain and the adoption of a new roadmap defining common objectives including the delimitation of territorial waters, the two countries are preparing to conclude an agreement.
The French and Moroccan Navies will train as part of the thirtieth edition of Chebec, the annual cooperation exercise between the two forces. France will engage its nuclear attack submarine (SSN) for the first time.
Spain has deployed the maritime action ship Tornado in the Strait of Gibraltar and the Alboran Sea, near Moroccan waters, to carry out a surveillance and deterrence mission.
The CIA, the American intelligence service, has expressed concerns about Morocco’s claims on territories under Spanish sovereignty, including Ceuta, Melilla, the Chafarinas Islands and the Velez de la Gomera rock.
The Spanish frigate Santa Maria (F-81), which is currently conducting exercises in the Atlantic, near Moroccan waters, has fired a shot over the bow of a tug.
Starting in October, the French maritime group CMA CGM will increase its rates for the transport of cars in roll-on/roll-off (RO-RO) ships from France to Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
The Spanish rescue services called their Moroccan counterparts to come to the aid of a German tourist who had just been bitten in the leg by a shark off the Canary Islands.