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Tanger Med

Port of Tanger Med
Aerial view of the port
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Location
CountryMorocco
Coordinates35°52′30″N 5°31′15″W / 35.874980°N 5.520710°W / 35.874980; -5.520710
UN/LOCODEMAPTM[1]
Details
Operated byTanger Med Port Authority S.A.
General ManagerMehdi Tazi
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Website
www.tangermedport.com/en/

Tanger Med (in Arabic: طنجة المتوسط ) is a Moroccan industrial port complex,[2] located 45 km northeast of Tangier and opposite of Tarifa, Spain (15 km north) on the Strait of Gibraltar, with handling capacities of 9 million containers, one of the largest industrial ports in the world, and the largest port in Africa[3] and the Mediterranean Sea.[4] 7 million passengers, 700,000 trucks and the export of 1 million vehicles.[5]

Tanger Med also consists of an industrial platform for 1100  companies, representing an annual export business of €8Bn in 2020.[6] operating in various sectors such as automotive, aeronautics, food processing, logistics and textiles.[7][8]

The New York Times reports that Russia is using the Tanger Med port to bypass trade restrictions established after the start of their war on Ukraine.[9]

  1. ^ "UNLOCODE (MA) - MOROCCO". service.unece.org. UNECE.
  2. ^ "Port de Tanger Med : Au cœur d'une vision royale". Afrique Economie (in French). 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  3. ^ "Économie portuaire: Tanger Med triple sa capacité et devient N°1 en Méditerranée | FratMat". www.fratmat.info. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  4. ^ Hand, Marcus (March 17, 2021). "Tangier Med takes Mediterranean top container port crown in 2020". Seatrade Maritime News. Informa Markets (UK) Limited. Archived from the original on 2023-11-19. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  5. ^ "Groupe Renault Maroc : Un million de véhicule exporté !". www.wandaloo.com. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  6. ^ "TANGER MED INDUSTRIAL PLATFORM RANKS 2ND SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE IN THE WORLD". Business Focus Magazine. 2020-10-19. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  7. ^ "Les zones industrielles et logistiques de Tanger Med ont le vent en poupe". Maroc Diplomatique (in French). 2017-01-13. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  8. ^ "La plateforme industrielle Tanger-Med classée seconde zone économique spéciale dans le monde". fr.le360.ma (in French). 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  9. ^ Mozur, Paul; Krolik, Aaron; Satariano, Adam (19 Dec 2023). "Chinese Traders and Moroccan Ports: How Russia Flouts Global Tech Bans". New York Times.

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