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Morocco’s New Nador West Med Port Set to Boost Mediterranean Trade and Regional Development
Tuesday 26 January 2021, by
The Tanger Med port will no longer be the only flagship of Morocco on the Mediterranean market. In two years, the one in Nador, whose work is progressing very quickly, will be completed to lead the development of the entire Oriental region.
The project is ambitious and aims to occupy a strategic place in Mediterranean maritime trade. A member of the management of the public company "Nador West Med" in charge of the realization, development, development and management of the industrial and port complex, interviewed by the Observer, explained that "the Nador West Med project provides for a logistics platform, an industrial free zone, and another reserved for service companies". He adds that "Nador West Med will not only change the face of the Oriental but will be a catalyst to trigger a dynamic of development within the entire region".
According to him, it is obvious that the Nador West Med port will be a major asset in the development of the Oriental and the center of the kingdom, in the sense that it will contribute to the creation of jobs and wealth, and at the same time, improve the standard of living of the inhabitants of the region. If Tanger Med alone occupied a prominent place on the African and regional level, with Nador West Med, they will constitute a formidable team on the Mediterranean facade of the country.
To date, the progress rate is estimated at nearly 60%. Once completed, the platform will be able to accommodate up to 3.5 million containers, 25 million tons of hydrocarbon products, 9 million tons of solid bulk products and 3 million tons of general cargo. The port complex will be connected to several roads, highways and railways. This is an important project for which the 2021 Finance Act has granted a very significant budget, the newspaper indicates.
This is 4.5 billion dirhams for the launch of the project ensuring the connection of Nador West Med with the motorway network, 9.88 billion dirhams for the continuation of the construction of the port and 3 billion dirhams for the railway connectivity of the port. It is also planned to set up a dam, a water treatment plant, a fiber optic telecommunications network, a connection to the electricity grid and many others.