From now on, taxi drivers in Agadir must learn certain foreign languages. This is the result of an agreement signed between the Universities, the Tourism Council and the association of taxi drivers in the capital of Souss.
The direct aid announced to Moroccan transporters to mitigate the soaring fuel prices is effective. To date, the government has already released some 340 million dirhams.
Saying they are suffocated by the dizzying rise in the price of diesel at the pump in Morocco, the transporters announce a new strike. It starts this Wednesday, April 6 at 10 a.m.
The Moroccan government has decided to revise its support scheme for transporters and vehicle owners, now including drivers of small and large taxis, to mitigate the effects of rising fuel prices .
Fuel prices sold at gas stations in Morocco have risen again on Sunday, with the liter of diesel passing back above the symbolic threshold of 13DH.
Announced by the government a few weeks ago, the exceptional aid to transport was officially launched this Wednesday. It will be released as early as April and will take into account about 180,000 vehicles.
Marrakech is looking for a future operator to manage the public bus transport service. A call for tenders has been launched for this purpose by the Groupement des Collectivités territoriales "Marrakech Transport".
Transport professionals have been in the doldrums since March 16, due to the increase in the retail price of fuels delivered at 11.90 DH TTC per liter at the pump, according to service stations. The situation is not sparing carriers and industrialists who have their own storage tanks and who used to buy diesel cheaper directly from oil companies.
The French start-up dedicated to electric mobility, Motto, founded by the Moroccan Driss Ibenmansour (ex Operations Manager at Uber and ex-CEO France of Bird), Pierre-François de Rougé and Antoine Bouttier, is launching an offer of electric bikes by subscription in Paris.
In response to the demands of transporters, the government has taken a series of measures, in connection with the rise in fuel prices .
The government has started a session of dialogue and negotiations with representatives of the transport sector. The aim is to see to what extent to grant them aid to support them in the face of the effects of the rise in fuel prices .
The town hall of Marrakech , led by Fatima-Zahra Mansouri, has decided to rent 10 luxury cars for an amount of more than 2 million dirhams. This decision is already raising strong criticism.