The total volume of commercial traffic handled by Moroccan ports reached 130 million tons in the first half of 2025, up 11.6% from 116.4 million tons in the same period last year.
Domestic traffic recorded a volume of 65.7 million tons, an increase of 8%, while transshipment reached a volume of 64.2 million tons, marking a growth of 15.5% compared to the first half of 2024, according to a press release from the Ministry of Equipment and Water.
The breakdown of traffic showed a dominance in transshipment activity, accounting for 49.4% of total traffic, followed by imports (30.3%), exports (16.2%), cabotage (3.4%) and bunkering (0.7%), the same source adds.
Imports reached a volume of 39.4 million tons (+5%), exports a volume of approximately 21 million tons (+10.8%), coastal shipping 4.4 million tons (+29.1%), and bunkering of hydrocarbons 905,800 tons (-1.9%), benefiting ships transiting through the Strait of Gibraltar.
In terms of the main strategic traffic handled by Moroccan ports, the first half of 2025 saw an increase in container traffic (6.2 million TEUs/+10.4%), imported hydrocarbons (6.6 million tons/+5.1%), phosphates and related products (16.5 million tons/+2.4%), international road transport (311,495 units/+8.3%), coal traffic (5.5 million tons/+13.1%) on the one hand, and a decrease in cereals (5.1 million tons/-7.1%) and new cars (316,714 units/-8.7%) on the other.
With regard to passenger traffic, Moroccan ports handled 1,610,431 passengers at the end of June 2025, up 9.5% from the same period last year.
Cruise activity witnessed a significant increase of +76.1% compared to the first half of 2024, with 170,257 cruise passengers.
The volume of coastal and artisanal seafood landings for H1 2025 dropped by 16.7% to 391,353 tons, the press release concludes.
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