Faced with the economic situation of the port of Ceuta, which is suffering the effects of the health crisis with the closure of borders decided by Morocco, preventing the holding of the Marhaba Operation , the maritime section of CCOO has asked the president of the State ports to take the necessary measures to guarantee the viability of the port infrastructure.
Passenger traffic at the port of Almería fell by 97% between July 2019 and July 2020 due to Morocco’s cancellation of the Marhaba Operation for these two consecutive years. As of the end of July 2021, it stood at 36.5%.
The most used mode of transport in the kingdom is the maritime mode with 91.4 million tons (MT), or 96.3% of the total exchanges carried out with the rest of the world. This is according to the annual report of the [Office des changes] on foreign trade for the year 2020.
Through the construction of the Dakhla Atlantique port, a structuring mega-project of the new development model of the southern provinces, Morocco aims to be a new strategic site to confirm its African anchoring.
Morocco and Portugal started talks a few weeks ago to establish a link between the ports of Portimão and Tanger-Med. Faced with the silence surrounding this project, giving rise to speculation, a source close to the file provides some clarification.
After the massive influx of Moroccan migrants into the city of Ceuta in May, the Port Authority is calling on the State to take urgent and immediate action to protect the security infrastructure set up in the port.
The construction work on the port of Nador West Med should be completed by the end of 2022. This was announced by Abdelkader Amara, Minister of Equipment and Transport, following a recent visit to this major project launched more than five years ago in the Oriental region.
The president of the Port Authority of Almería (APA), Jesús Caicedo, surprised by the decision of the Moroccan government to exclude Spanish ports again this year from the Marhaba Operation 2021, reassured that his port was nevertheless ready to welcome passengers.
Commercial passenger traffic will soon resume at the port of Al Hoceima, in anticipation, no doubt, of the arrival of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs). The National Ports Agency (ANP), the Regional Investment Center of Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima and the local authorities are actively working on the project.
Another plus for the port of Tanger Med 2. The 8 huge cranes are finally in place and operational at container terminal 3. It has already reached its full capacity.
Morocco’s overall port traffic is doing well despite the health crisis related to the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, it went from 153.1 million tons in 2019 to 172.1 million tons in 2020, an increase of 12.4%.
The production of the six industrial activity zones of Tanger Med has seen a remarkable increase despite the Coronavirus pandemic. According to the CEO of Tanger Med Zones, Jaafar Mrhardy, who spoke during a webinar, the activities have recorded a growth of up to 10%.