To be attentive to exporters already active and those who wish to become so, to advise them on existing shipping lines and the mode of transport that best suits their products—these are the expected objectives of Tangier Med's participation in the SIAM 2014. 'When we participate in international trade fairs, we meet major Moroccan exporters; on the other hand, at the SIAM, we meet potential exporters and small farmers. For Tangier Med, it is an excellent experience,' Reda Bahamou, administrative and financial director of Tangier Med, confided to 'Le Matin'. Informing a greater number of operators can only have the collateral effect of increasing exports of agri-food products from Tangier Med, which is connected to more than 140 ports around the world. 'Given its proximity to Europe, Tangier Med is a link in the logistics chain, particularly for products with reduced transit time, such as perishable goods, citrus fruits, fishery products…,' continues the administrative and financial director, according to whom the most recurring grievances expressed by farmers relate to administrative procedures, the choice of the most suitable means of transport (trucks or containers), the existence of new shipping lines, etc. Pending the completion of Tangier Med II (containers), the capacity of Tangier Med is 400,000 TIR (International Road Transport) trucks for import and export and 2.8 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) containers. In order to ensure better traceability, an electronic portal www.portail.tangermed.ma allows the exporter to follow each stage of the transit of their products.