Traditionally used for the transport of passengers, cars and vans, the maritime line between the ports of Motril and Al Hoceima will also serve for the transport of goods by roll-on/roll-off trucks.
The port of Motril has just launched a maritime freight line with Al Hoceima. It is the first and only commercial route for freight traffic to the Moroccan city.
Three Moroccans were arrested on Thursday in Motril (Granada) after stabbing a 44-year-old man. The victim was transferred in critical condition to the Santa Ana hospital in Motril.
Since the launch of the Marhaba Operation on June 15, 11,096 Moroccans from Europe and 3,543 vehicles have already crossed Spain to Morocco, according to data from the Spanish Ministry of the Interior.
The shipping company Trasmediterránea resumed this Wednesday the connections between the port of Motril (Granada) and Nador and Al Hoceima. The resumption coincided with the start of Operation Marhaba.
The Marhaba Operation is resuming this Wednesday, after two years of cancellation. It will allow more than three million Moroccans residing in Europe to join the kingdom via the Spanish ports to spend their summer holidays there. Nearly 150,000 passengers are expected at the port of Motril (Granada).
The Marhaba Operation, the largest migratory movement between Europe and Morocco, starts this Wednesday, June 15, after two years of cancellation. More than 15,000 Spanish security forces personnel have been mobilized for the occasion.
The port of Motril (Granada region) could restore maritime passenger traffic with Morocco this weekend, with the resumption of links to Nador and Al Hoceima.
A ship from the Balearia company that operates the Malaga-Melilla route collided on Saturday with a container ship in the high seas of the Alboran Sea. No injuries were reported.
The police in Motril, in southern Spain, have arrested five Moroccans suspected of fraud in the theoretical driving license exam for category B.
Maritime rescue agents and the Civil Guard maritime service rescued on Saturday 48 Moroccan migrants, including four minors, after the boat transporting them ran out of fuel.
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.