Tanger Med Port Maintains Normal Operations Despite Coronavirus Restrictions

Despite the state of emergency instituted since Friday, March 20, the activities of this port are not at a standstill. They are proceeding as usual, thanks to compliance with the health measures in force to limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

All port services are operational to ensure maritime calls and all port activities are functional, particularly containers, international road transport (TIR), hydrocarbons and solid bulk. However, the TIR activity will see a decline, particularly for sectors whose industrial units have been shut down (automotive, textile, etc.), due to the international situation marked by a slowdown in the economic machinery.

As for the other sectors, particularly the transport of goods, such as food products, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, they will not be impacted, thus ensuring continuous and normal supply to the market.

For now, Tanger Med, which once again reaffirms its role as a global transshipment hub for global flows, is mobilizing to continue serving import-export flows and thus meet the needs of Morocco and global transshipment, mainly for Africa. To this end, a continuity plan has been put in place to ensure port needs and operations 7 days a week and 24 hours a day. Furthermore, for the support functions of Tanger Med, whose presence on site is not mandatory, those concerned have switched to teleworking mode.

As for the main partners linked to port activity (maritime, transport and handling) as well as the local authorities linked to import-export activities, they continue to carry out their daily tasks.