The President of the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA), Gerardo Landaluce, presented the "Hercules Project", which aims to strengthen the links with the port of Tanger Med in 2021 and 2022.
Pending the official announcement by Morocco and Spain of the organization of Operation Marhaba 2021, the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA) is already preparing for its implementation under good conditions.
The Spanish Embassy in Rabat announced the organization on Saturday, March 27, of a new repatriation operation for the benefit of Spaniards and residents in Spain as well as vehicles registered in the European Union.
The President of the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA), Gerardo Landaluce, hopes that the Marhaba Operation will take place this year, despite the ongoing health crisis.
Over the past two decades, Morocco has strengthened the infrastructure of the port of Tanger Med, making it a formidable competitor to the port of Algeciras. Today, the Moroccan port is ranked first in containers transported throughout the Mediterranean.
Bloomerg , a global provider of economic and financial information, has highlighted the success of the Tanger-Med port, which has managed to outperform the Spanish ports. These ports have dominated freight traffic between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic in recent years.
The best performances recorded by Tanger Med in recent years have allowed it to outperform the port of Algeciras, once the first in this field. In 2020, the Moroccan port handled nearly 5.8 million TEU containers, an increase of 20% compared to 2019.
The Tanger Med port will no longer be the only flagship of Morocco on the Mediterranean market. In two years, the one in Nador, whose work is progressing very quickly, will be completed to lead the development of the entire Oriental region.
Spain has announced that it has recently organized a new repatriation operation for the benefit of 545 Spanish nationals and Moroccan residents on board a ferry from the port of Tanger Med to Algeciras. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, this is the 44th time that Spain has organized this type of operation.
The police and customs services operating at the Tanger Med port carried out two operations on Saturday that resulted in the seizure of 745kg of cannabis resin on board a truck and a utility vehicle for international transport registered in Morocco.
The shipping company "la Méridionale" is opening a regular line between Marseille and Tanger Med in Morocco, starting December 2, 2020. It will start with two weekly rotations and then move to three per week.
Elements of the national security operating at the port of Tanger-Med prevented on Friday an operation to traffic 19,200 psychotropic "Rivotril" tablets being transported to Morocco on board an international freight truck.