North Africa looks to scale up
NewsWhile ports in Morocco and Egypt continue to plan expansions, a rival in Algeria also has designs on the transhipment market....
Tanger Med sees tonnage rise, containers steady
NewsThe 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...
Tanger-Med II to be automated
NewsAPM Terminals has announced orders for 12 remote-controlled Ship-STS cranes and 32 ARMGs to equip its new 5M TEU/year MedPort Tangier facili...
Second Tanger Med concesson for APMT
NewsAPM Terminals has announced a massive new port investment plan in the Kingdom of Morocco...
Contship Italia steady at the helm
NewsContship Italia Group has reported solid growth across its operations in Italy and Morocco in 2014 and says it is prepared for improved perf...
Ro-ro line for Tanger Med
NewsThe ports of Tanger Med and Marseille Fos have agreed to set up a ro-ro line between the two ports...
Tanger-Med traffic up 43%
NewsThe Moroccan hub handled 1.246M TEU in 1H/2011, 43% up on the same period of 2010...
Royal Boskalis cleans up in Nigeria
NewsDutch firm Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a series of port dredging and land reclamation contracts in Africa...
Problems mount for Valencia
NewsFears expressed by Spanish ports that they might not be able to compete with labour rates being offered by Morocco’s Tanger-Med port appea...
New forces arise in the Med
NewsAfter rapid growth over the past year, Morocco’s Tanger Méditerranée (Tanger Med) project remains on course to become a leading hub in t...
Work starts at Casablanca
NewsConstruction work on the new US$215M third container terminal at Casablanca began in mid-October...
1M TEU for Tanger-Med
NewsAPM Terminals (APMT) aims to handle 1M TEU this year at its terminal at the Tanger-Med port in Morocco, which opened in July last year and h...