Efforts Proceed for Morocco''s New Transshipment
The first phase of the port is expected to be commissioned in 2027 increasing Morocco''s role in the growing transship container trade
With 59 feet of depth alongside, the port has all the water it needs to accommodate the Megamax-24 boxships that serve Asia-Europe tradelanes. CMA CGM Group has 1,300 employees in Morocco, and it owns a terminal in Casablanca and 40 percent of a terminal at Tanger Med.
The redesigned port of Nador, originally designed as an oil hub when Tanger Med's principal business involved containers and roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) cargo, will serve as a breath of fresh air for Morocco.
The Moroccan firm retains a 51 percent stake in the project, and together they will invest $280 million by 2027. The revised development plan increases the number of RTGs and STS cranes on site, yielding 1.2 million TEU per year of capacity out of 2,500 feet of quayside space.
For years, Morocco's government has been mulling a second transshipment hub to complement its existing megaport, Tanger Med. In 2016, it began construction on a new multipurpose harbor at the Bay of Betoya, about 120 nautical miles east of the Strait of Gibraltar.
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