In January , Terminal 3 will in turn become operational. The entire port complex now has a total capacity of 9M TEUs.
Each will have four over-Panamax gantries. TMSA holds a stake in the future port of Nador , located on the Mediterranean, which will complete the Moroccan port offer. While Nador is expected to be mostly dedicated to bulk cargo, such as hydrocarbons, cereals and minerals, a conventional cargo terminal, including containers, is also planned with a quay length of 1, metres.
This port should be operational in English French. Return to blog home page. In the space of 20 years, Morocco has developed a logistics ecosystem in Tanger Med that has attracted both major maritime operators and leading shippers.
How was this success built? Upply retraces this adventure in a series of articles that begins with this chronology of operations. It has a quay length of m and offers a capacity of 1. It has linear metres of quay space. The Ro-Ro terminal played a major role in Renault's installation near the port , which took place in It is spread over 20 hectares, 13 of which have been granted to STVA on behalf of the Renault group, for whom the subsidiary of the CAT group manages almost all traffic flows.
The remaining 7 hectares are managed by a Geodis subsidiary with a common user status which allows all car manufacturers to work out of Tangier. In this way the terminal handles shipping of automobiles from the PSA plant in Kenitra.
The vehicles are transported in by train. The investment came from Gefco, which leases these trains to PSA. The handling in the terminal is then carried out by STVA. The part of the terminal dedicated to Renault generated traffic of , cars, of which , were for export.
After the container sector, the port developed the automobile sector by creating a specialised hub. By relying on a dedicated agency to develop this concept, the government has met one of the King's main expectations : to make logistics and the port an extension of his spatial planning policy.
Up until the creation of Tanger Med, the port of Tangier only played the role of a port for ferries coming from Europe. The country's main ports were located on the Atlantic coast. By creating the concept of Tanger Med, Mohammed VI wished to breath new life into the northern region of the country, explain the port officials of Tangier. According to initial figures, in 20 years, Tanger Med has created 75, jobs in the region, in various industrial and service sectors.
The Kingdom's proactive approach to developing its strategic role in the supply chain extends to the very highest levels.
Morocco is one of the few countries in the world to have appointed a minister in charge of logistics. Holder of a doctorate from the Hassan II Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine, during the previous government the Minister participated in the setting up of the second production line at Renault's Tangier plant. The last incumbent of this post had previously held a position as an IT specialist in a logistics company.
Tanger Med has become the leading African port in terms of number of containers , the leading African automotive hub but also the leading African logistics zone. The authorities do not exclude the possibility of applying the concept in other countries. The major international tenders for container terminals in Africa have not highlighted the name of Tanger Med but rather that of Marsa Maroc, the handling subsidiary of the former Alaouite port system.
This organization could, in the future, play the role of spearheading a broader strategy of expansion into other African ports. However, for the moment the going is tough. For exemple, its project to bid for the management of Ghana's Takoradi port met with failure. The Ghanaian port authority kept hold of the reins. Despite this, the principle of delegation of public service of ports is beginning to spread across Africa.
The Autonomous Port of Cotonou, in Benin, has already taken the plunge. Beyond Takoradi, Marsa Maroc also suffered a further failure in the multi-purpose terminal bid in Kribi, Cameroon. The Cameroonian port authority chose the Philippine group Ictsi to manage this terminal. He declined to estimate future volumes, saying only the original terminal had reached 3. Morocco invested 1 billion euros in the first terminal which has created some 6, jobs at the port and 70, others in a trade zone in the area, he said.
The port is about 50 kilometers east of Tangier, the main city in northern Morocco, allowing space for expansion.
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