The port authorities of the Andalusian ports, including those of Algeciras and Motril, took part in the 9th Spanish-Moroccan business meeting in the maritime, transport and logistics sector, held this week in Tangier.
Traditionally used for the transport of passengers, cars and vans, the maritime line between the ports of Motril and Al Hoceima will also serve for the transport of goods by roll-on/roll-off trucks.
The shipping company La Méridionale has launched a new maritime link between the port of Barcelona and the ports of Tanger Med.
Cepsa has renewed its partnership with ExxonMobil until 2032 for the production and distribution of marine lubricants in Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar, with an extension of the collaboration to Morocco.
The port of Motril has just launched a maritime freight line with Al Hoceima. It is the first and only commercial route for freight traffic to the Moroccan city.
The environmental group Verdemar denounced on Wednesday the arrival at the naval base of Peñón in the Campo de Gibraltar, near Morocco, of an American nuclear submarine (USS Florida).
The port of Almeria has fully regained normality of passenger transport this summer with the passage of more than 514,000 Moroccans from Europe as part of the Marhaba Operation which took place from June 15 to September 15.
The Moroccan Ministry of Transport and Logistics has stated that the port of Marina Smir (Fnideq) does not meet the technical standards to establish a direct maritime link with the Spanish ports of Algeciras and Malaga.
The leaders of the world’s largest ports have been in Tanger Med since Wednesday for a two-day working meeting to consolidate relations between the largest port hubs.
The Marhaba 2022 operation recorded a 16% drop in arrivals of Moroccans residing abroad (MRE) via Moroccan ports compared to 2019. Between June 2 and August 29, 1,117,736 MRE entered the kingdom.
More than 130,000 Moroccans living abroad and 57,300 vehicles have already transited through the port of Almeria, as of August 22nd, as part of the return phase of the Marhaba Operation 2022, an increase of 38.2% and 37.3% respectively compared to 2019.
The Ceuta Global Yachting company is promoting the autonomous city as a nautical destination in the marinas in the south of the peninsula and on the Moroccan coast.