The performance of the Tanger-Med port allows it to climb to 6th place out of 370 ports listed worldwide, according to the World Bank’s container port performance index.
Over a ton of cannabis resin was seized by police on Tuesday at the port of Tanger Med. Two individuals suspected of belonging to an international drug trafficking network were arrested.
The significant influx of passengers on the first ferries heading to Morocco from Spanish ports suggests an Marhaba Operation that will be exceptional this summer, after two years of closure of maritime borders.
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.
Searches for ferries between Spain and Morocco have tripled just one week after the reopening of maritime borders between the two countries.
About 4,000 travelers and 922 vehicles boarded the first boats authorized to transport passengers with vehicles from the ports of Algeciras and Tarifa to Tanger Med on Monday.
With the reopening of its maritime space, Morocco has put back on the table certain pending files, such as the opening of a maritime line between the port of Tanger Med and Saudi Arabia in order to boost bilateral exchanges between the two countries.
Maritime passenger traffic with vehicles from Algeciras, Tarifa and Almería to Moroccan ports resumed on Tuesday, a week after the reopening of maritime borders between the two countries.
The ports of Algeciras and Tarifa, which concentrate more than 70% of maritime traffic with Moroccan ports, will reap an estimated profit of 500 million euros from this year’s Marhaba Operation.
The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA) plans to meet with shipping companies, representatives of the Moroccan merchant navy and port authorities on Monday to agree on the exact date for the resumption of maritime links with Morocco.
The date of the resumption of maritime links between Spain and Morocco will be known today, at the end of a meeting organized at the port of Algeciras with shipping companies and companies that provide port services as part of passenger traffic.
Awaited for more than two years by Moroccans residing abroad, entry into Morocco is now possible by sea via Spain. However, provisional conditions are in place.