Morocco’s Port Passenger Traffic Plummets 85% Amid Pandemic

Passenger transit traffic through the ports reached 268,799 passengers at the end of August 2020. According to the National Ports Agency, traffic is down 85% compared to the same period last year.

97% is the share of global passenger traffic transit through the ports of Tangier-ville and Nador. This rate accounts for a total of 185,094 passengers (-84.2%) for the port of Tangier-ville. As for the port of Nador, the transit is 76,159 passengers (-85.1%).

During the first eight months of 2020, cruise ship activity experienced a significant decline of 73% with a total of 29,570 cruise passengers, including 8,968 cruise passengers (-55.3%) through the port of Tangier-ville, 650 cruise passengers (-98%) in Casablanca and 19,952 cruise passengers, or -64.8% in Agadir, compared to 109,345 cruise passengers at the end of August 2019.

The TIR traffic in the ports, over the last eight months, reached a volume of 12,261 units, up 22.1% compared to 2019. The port of Nador alone has handled 12,199 units, or 99.5% of the total TIR traffic.