Announced for early July, the launch of the maritime line between Tangier and Portimão has been canceled. The resurgence of Covid-19 cases due to the Delta variant in Portugal is behind this cancellation.
Two night ferry ships with a capacity of 2,000 passengers and 500 cars each have just been chartered under an agreement with the Tanger Med Port Authority. This will facilitate the return of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) to Morocco, as King Mohammed VI had wished .
A new maritime link will connect a port in Saudi Arabia and those of Agadir and Dakhla via Israel in the coming weeks.
Abdelkader Amara, Minister of Equipment and Transport, announced that the maritime line between Tangier and Portimão, Portugal will be operational in early July 2021.
Following the intervention of King Mohammed VI , shipping companies have lowered the prices of maritime travel and increased the capacity of maritime lines to Moroccan ports, in order to facilitate the return of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs).
While Morocco has decided to reopen its borders as of Tuesday, June 15 to facilitate the return of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) this summer, obstacles are emerging in their path. Maritime crossing prices are soaring.
Two special maritime crossings are scheduled from the port of Tanger Med to Marseille, to repatriate the French stranded in Morocco due to the closure of borders for the Covid-19 pandemic, the French Embassy in Rabat announced.
Subject to obtaining the agreement of the Moroccan authorities, the French embassy in Rabat announced on its Facebook page that a ferry to repatriate French citizens stranded in Morocco to France will take place on May 22, 2021. The company La Méridionale is in charge.
After a slight delay, the process of selecting a shipping company for the operation of a mixed maritime line (passengers and goods) between the port of Tarfaya and one of the ports of the Canary Islands is coming to an end in a few days.
The French embassy in Rabat invites French citizens stranded in Morocco wishing to return to the mainland by sea to fill out a form available on its website. A special crossing is scheduled for April 24, 2021.
Subject to the authorization of the Moroccan authorities, the French embassy in Morocco announces that the shipping company La Méridionale will operate a link between the port of Tanger Med and Marseille on April 10.
Motril port is resuming two connections this month and launching a new freight line with Morocco, after a year of suspension due to the health crisis. This is the connection with Melilla, which resumes this Friday with the shipping company FRS and the operation, at the end of this month, of a new passenger line with Melilla, which will be operated by the company Balearia.