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  • Morocco to Build Massive Desalination Plant in Casablanca by 2027
    23 March 2021, by Prince

    The National Water Plan includes the installation of seawater desalination plants in several cities, including Casablanca, where 300 million cubic meters of water will be produced per year starting in 2027.
    Morocco, with 3,500 km of coastline, has been experimenting with seawater desalination in the Saharan provinces since the 1970s, says Minister of Equipment Abdelkader Amara, as quoted by L’Économiste. The national water plan provides for the installation of a desalination plant in the (…)

  • French Transport Minister Visits Morocco for Talks on Infrastructure and Tourism
    24 March 2021, by Prince

    A busy program for Jean-Baptiste Djebbari. The French Minister Delegate to the Minister of Ecological Transition, in charge of Transport, will meet during his stay with his Moroccan counterparts Abdelkader Amara, Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, and Nadia Fettah, Minister of Tourism, Crafts, Air Transport and Social Economy.
    He will then visit the port of Tanger Med, which according to a press release from the French Embassy in Rabat cited by Atlasinfo, "has the (…)

  • Morocco and Spain Revive Plans for Ambitious Gibraltar Strait Tunnel Project
    22 April 2021, by Jonas

    The project for a fixed link via the Strait of Gibraltar was the subject of a virtual meeting held on Wednesday between the Moroccan and Spanish authorities. On this occasion, the two parties expressed their mutual willingness to revitalize this strategic intercontinental project with high potential.
    During this meeting, which is in preparation for the High-Level meeting scheduled in Morocco, the Moroccan Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, Abdelkader Amara, and the (…)

  • Morocco Allocates 3 Billion Dirhams Annually for Critical Road Maintenance
    5 May 2021, by Jérôme

    Road maintenance is of paramount importance for the kingdom. Of the total annual budget allocated to roads, nearly 46%, or three billion dirhams (MMDH), is dedicated to it.
    Speaking on Tuesday during the oral question session at the House of Representatives, the Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, Abdelkader Amara, indicated that "the national road asset has exceeded 300 MMDH and the fact of not maintaining it would be a loss for the country". In addition, the cost of (…)

  • Morocco Launches $550 Million Nador-Guercif Highway Project to Boost Northern Development
    22 May 2021, by Jonas

    The Société nationale des autoroutes du Maroc (ADM), the delegated project owner for the construction of the Guercif-Nador highway, has just officially taken over the project. The company signed a convention on Friday in Rabat with the Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, for the conduct of the construction work on the highway.
    The project is thus entering its active phase of realizing 104 km of highway to connect the city of Nador and the new Nador West Med port to the (…)

  • New Maritime Route to Connect Morocco and Portugal in July
    23 June 2021, by Sylvanus

    Abdelkader Amara, Minister of Equipment and Transport, announced that the maritime line between Tangier and Portimão, Portugal will be operational in early July 2021.
    The launch of the Tangier-Portimão maritime line is confirmed. In an interview with Le360, Abdelkader Amara, Minister of Equipment and Transport, said that the maritime line between Tangier and Portimão in Portugal will be launched in early July. "As I speak to you, the director of the merchant navy is in Lisbon to put the (…)

  • Morocco Aims to Expand Ferry Routes to Europe Amid Travel Disruptions
    30 June 2021, by Sylvanus

    Morocco has the ambition to develop long-haul ferries to connect its ports to European ports. Abdelkader Amara said the kingdom is ready to support the private sector in this direction.
    Before Parliament, the minister explained that Morocco already has a fleet that connects Moroccan cities to ports in southern Spain, but passenger traffic between the two countries has been cancelled this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Each summer, more than three million Moroccans residing abroad (…)

  • Former Moroccan Minister Quits Islamist PJD Party Amid Internal Tensions
    26 September 2023, by Sylvanus

    Abdelkader Amara is no longer a member of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD). On Monday, the former Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water announced his resignation from the Islamist party after reflecting on what is becoming of the Islamists.
    "It is with a heart full of pain in the face of what the experience of the Party of Justice and Development has become that I announce my resignation from the party and all its bodies from this moment on," wrote Abdelkader (…)