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25 Jul 2012
4 min read
The port undergoes a transformation
Transfer of certain activities to the port of Mohammedia, restructuring of the historic port, and relocation of industrial ship repair.
The port of Casablanca is on the way to profound changes. The vocation of the latter will be oriented towards unitised products with high added value (container and roll-on/roll-off), while the historic port (fishing zone, ship repair, Tarik) will evolve with a view to opening up to the city with, in particular, the Tarik pier which will become a cruise terminal in direct connection with the city centre. Controlling traffic in Casablanca should, therefore, bring a new lease of life to the city itself. This is what emerges from a report entitled "Morocco's port strategy to 2030" produced by the Ministry of Equipment and Transport. In the context of the changes in prospect, the port of Mohammedia will gradually see the transfer of other non-unitised products (bulk, neo-bulk, conventional). Indeed, the port of Mohammedia will see the outsourcing of its historic inner port, which is unsuite…
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