
Spain Invests €1.78 Billion to Boost Algeciras Port, Competing with Tanger Med
The Port of Algeciras has decided to follow in the footsteps of Tanger Med , whose model has allowed it to dethrone it and become the first port in the Strait.

The Port of Algeciras has decided to follow in the footsteps of Tanger Med , whose model has allowed it to dethrone it and become the first port in the Strait.

Customs agents at the port of Beni Ensar seized two hunting rifles and luxury watches on Saturday.

The information that Algeria has canceled its decision to prohibit economic operators from any transshipment or transit through Moroccan ports of goods destined for it, particularly those related to meat and other perishable products, is false.

Algeria has canceled its decision to prohibit economic operators from any transshipment or transit through Moroccan ports of goods destined for it, particularly those related to meat and other perishable products.

With the port of Tanger Med, Morocco should benefit from the security crisis in the Red Sea, which has reduced traffic through the Suez Canal by nearly half, causing serious damage to European ports.

The decision of the Algerian authorities to ban Moroccan ports to its economic operators will not be without consequences for its economy, analyze economists.

The extension of the port of Tanger Med worries the Spanish ports of Algeciras and Valencia, which are benefiting from new investments to compete with the Moroccan port.

Algeria has recently banned its economic operators from carrying out any transshipment or transit operations via Moroccan ports, in reaction to Morocco’s "hostile actions". Are we heading towards a breakdown in trade relations between the two countries, after the diplomatic ones?

Tanger Med aims to change scale. The global logistics hub plans to invest nearly 7 billion dirhams, particularly for the expansion of its passenger and truck terminal capacity and the modernization of its import zone.

In one year, Balearia has strengthened the regular connection between the port of Motril and that of Tanger Med. During this period, the shipping company transported nearly 400,000 tons of goods on board 14,700 trucks.

The Tax Agency and the Civil Guard intercepted 15 high-end vehicles stolen in Europe and in transit to Morocco at the port of Algeciras.

The Directorate General of Customs of Morocco has received a complaint from a group of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) denouncing the inappropriate treatment of a supervisor and an agent at the port of Tanger Med.