Malaga Port Gears Up for Record Moroccan Diaspora Transit During Marhaba 2023

Last year, 145,117 passengers and 33,920 vehicles transited through the port of Malaga during the outward (June 15 to August 15) and return (July 15 to September 15) phases of the Marhaba Operation. This year, the forecasts announce a more important flow, which leads the actors involved to take all the necessary measures to ensure a fluidity of the transit and to avoid the traffic jams and delays in the departures of the ferries.

For this edition of the Transit Operation, the port of Malaga will increase the seat offer by nearly 30%, or nearly 3,000 passengers, on the two Baleària and Trasmediterránea ferries. The measure could lead to a series of traffic jams and delays, especially since the two ferries depart for Melilla, barely 30 minutes apart (2:30 pm and 3:00 pm), reports Malaga Hoy.

On Saturday, April 29, the unloading operation of vehicles from the Trasmediterránea ship that docked at the port of Malaga lasted a little more than 20 minutes, creating traffic jams in the port. Similar situations could occur during the Marhaba Operation, which is why the port technicians are thinking about the mechanisms to be put in place to prevent such situations from recurring.