Baleària Marks 20 Years of Spain-Morocco Ferry Service, Celebrates Reopened Borders

During this meeting, the CEO of the company, Adolfo Utor, welcomed the reopening of the maritime borders between Spain and Morocco after two years of closure, and took the opportunity to thank the various Moroccan institutions and entities, as well as travel agencies and other players in its sector of activity.

"Our commitment to Morocco has been firm throughout these two decades and will continue to be so. We will continue to evolve and add more value through innovation, sustainability and fleet renewal," he said, wishing for the "support of the" Moroccan authorities for the opening of new routes, after Algeciras-Tangier, Almería-Nador and Sète-Nador.

The general manager of the shipping company, Georges Bassoul, specified that passenger traffic during the Marhaba Operation, which usually represents 65% of annual traffic on Moroccan routes, increased by 12% this year compared to 2019. He reiterated Baleària’s willingness to improve the quality of its services to better meet the needs of its customers.

Baleària launched its first link to Morocco (Algeciras-Tangier) in 2003, the second in 2017, between Almería and Nador, then the third in 2020 connecting Nador to Sète. Over these 20 years, the company has transported nearly 4.5 million passengers, over 1 million vehicles and 500 freight trucks. It plans to close the year with nearly 700,000 passengers and about 100,000 trucks on its three links with Morocco.