Port activity at Tanger Med continues on its good momentum . Ranked in February 2021 among the 25 largest ports in the world, the port complex is trying to gain a few more points in the ranking.
The port of Tanger Med, in northern Morocco, is positioning itself as the major competitor to the port of Algeciras in Spain. In 2020, container traffic reached 5.7 million TEUs for the port of Tanger Med, compared to a forecast of 5.2 million for the port of Algeciras.
The repatriation of Spanish citizens and residents in Spain, stranded in Morocco for months, continues. Two new Trasmediterránea ferries will depart on August 6 and 7, after those of July 29 and 30.
A former employee of the Land Registry in Temara was sentenced to 4 years in prison with a lump sum compensation of one million dirhams to be paid to two of her victims.
Maritime traffic at the Tanger-Med port was disrupted on Wednesday, January 1, by the arrival of a stowaway who was denied entry into the kingdom by the port authorities.
More than 20 tons of drugs were seized on a farm in the Tangier region and at the Tanger-Med port.
A routine check by elements of the National Security and customs services led to the seizure of 4.4 tons of cannabis in an international transport truck, registered in Morocco.
The Tangier police services succeeded in dismantling a criminal network consisting of 3 Malaysians and 1 Sri Lankan, for their alleged involvement in human trafficking and document forgery.
The Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Tangier sentenced, on Thursday, September 26, a Portuguese national to 2 years in prison, for his alleged involvement in a case of possession and attempted introduction of firearms and live ammunition into Moroccan territory, without legal authorization.
The Gibraltar customs services managed to apprehend a German national at the Spanish border. The individual was in possession of a large quantity of drugs from Morocco.
An attempt to traffic cannabis resin was thwarted by the Moroccan customs at the Port of Tangier on Tuesday, August 27. A couple of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) tried to smuggle a quantity of 460 kilograms, carefully hidden in the bodywork of their 4x4 car, in the form of slabs.
Not far from the Port of Tangier-Med, a collision occurred between a commercial vessel and a ferry coming from Spain, on Wednesday, July 31, 2019. Significant damage was recorded on the ferry.