The president of the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA), Gerardo Landaluce, hopes that the upcoming visit to Morocco of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, scheduled for April 1, will consecrate the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries, as many interests are at stake.
Maritime traffic between Morocco and Spain should resume in early April, after two years of suspension. The first ferry will depart from the port of Tarifa to the port of Tangier on April 7.
The president of the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA), Gerardo Landaluce, expressed his satisfaction on Thursday with the announced resumption of passenger maritime traffic with Morocco and the upcoming organization of Operation Marhaba (Moroccans living abroad).
A new ferry connecting Tanger Med to Marseille has been chartered, in order to allow French, European citizens and permanent residents in France, traveling in a vehicle registered in Europe, to return home. The boat will depart on March 26.
Leaving Tanger Med for Marseille, a ferry was about to sink due to unfavorable weather conditions. About a hundred French, European citizens and Moroccans residing abroad were on board the ship.
Spanish National Police agents arrested on Sunday in Algeciras a 29-year-old Moroccan who was transporting 3.173 kilos of hashish in a truck. He is being prosecuted for a crime against public health.
The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA) hopes that Opération Marhaba dedicated to MREs, suspended for almost two years by Morocco for health reasons, will resume this year.
The French, European citizens and other permanent residents in France will be able to take a special ferry , which will connect Tanger Med to Marseille. The departure is scheduled for Saturday, March 12.
For the past 5 years, the Tanger Med port has been the largest port in Africa and for the past two years, the largest in the Mediterranean. It now ranks 23rd among the world’s largest ports, gaining one place compared to the previous global top.
The maritime link between Morocco and Spain is tentatively resuming with the scheduled stop in Alicante on March 1st by the French shipping company La Méridionale, during the connection between the port of Tangier Med and the port of Marseille.
APM Terminals, the management group of the first transshipment terminal at the Tanger Med port, has just broken its own record. It recorded more than 2.2 million standard containers (TEUs) in 2021.
The president of the State Ports, Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena, assured that Spanish diplomacy is working to find a concerted solution with Morocco for the resumption of maritime links and the organization of the Marhaba Operation this year.