The Spanish city of Algeciras hosted this week a first meeting between port managers involved in the Operación Paso del Estrecho (Operation Marhaba 2023), to present the details of the next OPE, scheduled from June 15 to September 15.
The meeting was held between the Directors General of the Merchant Navy of Spain and Morocco, respectively Benito Núñez and Najib Elkarkouri, in the presence of the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA) representatives of the ports of Algeciras, Tarifa, Tangier-Med and Tangier-City, as well as the President of the ports of the Spanish State, Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena.
Last year’s edition of the OPE ended with a total of 2,912,283 passengers, about 10% less than in 2019.
695,487 vehicles were involved, less than 3% compared to before the health crisis, as well as 9,908 ship rotations.
Algeciras and Tarifa concentrate 70% of this traffic.
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