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Merger in Morocco

News1 Jan 2022

Tanger Med 2 is to take over Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA), taking the latter’s name in the process. The new TMPA will control both sid...

News1 Jul 2020

The Moroccan state port company Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP) has signed a €100M loan agreement with Paris-based Agence Française de D...

News19 Feb 2018

The Moroccan rail utility, Office Nationale des Chemins de Fer du Maroc (ONCF), has begun final tests on the new high speed railway between ...

News4 Sep 2017

A new operator has emerged in the Gibraltar Strait ferry business Tangier...

News20 Jul 2017

Conductix-Wampfler has won the order to supply cable reels for 32 new Hans Künz ASCs at APM Terminals Tangier in Morocco....

News1 Jun 2017

While ports in Morocco and Egypt continue to plan expansions, a rival in Algeria also has designs on the transhipment market....

News17 Jan 2017

The port of Tanger Med, located on Morocco’s Mediterranean coastline, handled 44.6Mt of cargo in 2016, up 8.8% on 2015’s level, while bo...

News21 Dec 2016

Hill International has been awarded the contract to project manage and supervise the construction of APM Terminals’ MedPort Tangier contai...

News24 Oct 2016

APM Terminals has announced orders for 12 remote-controlled Ship-STS cranes and 32 ARMGs to equip its new 5M TEU/year MedPort Tangier facili...

News17 Jun 2016

The Moroccan Government is planning to sell up to 40% of its shareholding in Marsa Marco, the country’s largest stevedoring company....

News31 Mar 2016

APM Terminals has announced a massive new port investment plan in the Kingdom of Morocco...

News25 Nov 2015

Kalmar plays it again in the Moroccan port, with more repeat business from long-standing customer Marsa Maroc...

News15 Jan 2015

Contship Italia Group has reported solid growth across its operations in Italy and Morocco in 2014 and says it is prepared for improved perf...

News13 Oct 2014

The new service will be launched by OPDR Maroc, with its HQ in Casablanca...

News15 Sep 2014

The ports of Tanger Med and Marseille Fos have agreed to set up a ro-ro line between the two ports...