Morocco is currently constructing Nador West Med port on Betoya Bay at a cost of an estimated MAD10 billion, part of efforts to strengthen the country’s maritime prowess in the western Mediterranean and boost regional development.
The project progress rate exceeded 55 percent last June, and construction work should be completed by the end of 2022, according to Nador West Med company.
The infrastructure can process 3 million containers, with the possibility of increasing this capacity by 2 million additional containers, besides 25 million tonnes of hydrocarbons, and 3 million tonnes of general cargo.
According to data from the company Nador West Med, the first port module will consist of a main dike of approximately 4,200 m and a counter dike of around 1,200 m, and it is possible to add another container dock.
With its 27 commercial ports with a combined annual traffic of 92.3m tonnes in goods, Morocco wants to bring supply chains closer to the end-market and transform into a hub for ocean carriers shipping across the world.
The country’s 2030 National Port Strategy, run by the National Ports Agency, allocates investment of USDS7.5bn to expand and develop the country’s ports along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts.
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