Tangier Med
| Tangier Med | |||
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| Data | |||
| UN / LOCODE | MAPTM | ||
| operator | Agence spéciale Tangier Méditerranée (TMSA) | ||
| opening | 2007 | ||
| Port type | seaport | ||
| Goods handled | New vehicles, crude oil, RoRo goods, containers , general cargo | ||
| Throughput | 42.0 million t (2015), 2.96 million TEU | ||
| website | http://www.tmpa.ma/ | ||
| Geographic information | |||
| province | Fahs-Anjra | ||
| Country | Morocco | ||
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 53 '23 " N , 5 ° 30' 5" W | ||
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Tangier Med ( Arabic طنجة-المتوسط) is a Moroccan seaport on the western Mediterranean between Tangier and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta . It opened in 2007.
The first container terminal was opened on July 27, 2007 by the Moroccan King Mohammed VI. inaugurated after five years of construction and construction costs of two billion euros. Building contractors were Møller-Mærsk , Eurogate , Bouygues and Horizon Terminals . The port management is carried out by the Agence spéciale Tanger Méditerranée (TMSA). Motorway and rail connections are available.
In addition to the container terminal, there is a ferry port for 5 million passengers and 500,000 vehicles per year, terminals for bulk goods , general cargo , and oil and gas terminals.
In 2015, a total of 42.0 million tons of goods were handled in Tanger-Med (+ 0.9% compared to 2014), 5.3 million tons of liquid goods (crude oil) (+38%), 496,400 tons of general cargo (+17%) , 237,000 trucks / trailers (+8%) were handled in ro-ro traffic , the new vehicle turnover for products from the Renault plant in Melloussa was 260,000 vehicles (+23%), and 63,000 vehicles (+48%) were shipped from the car terminal.
Competitor for transhipment between Europe and North Africa and the Mediterranean as well as the countries on the Persian Gulf to North America is the opposite European port of Algeciras in Spain .
As a free zone is the Tanger Free Zone is available. Over 100 companies have settled there. Further free trade zones are planned in the vicinity of Tétouan and Fnideq near Ceuta.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Tanger-Med inaugurated by the King of Morocco . In: NZZ , July 30, 2007, p. 10
- ↑ Port of Tanger Med: Less TEU in 2015 . In: Daily port report , January 27, 2016, p. 13