Container traffic at the Tanger Med port stood at 1.5 million TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) containers at the end of the first half of 2014, an increase of 24% compared to the same period in 2013. According to a statement from the Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA), traffic at the Renault car terminal stood at 94,500 units during the same period, of which 79,500 were produced in the Renault Mellousa factory, an increase of 64% compared to the first half of 2013. The Common User terminal recorded traffic of 24,083 units during this semester, an increase of 51% compared to the first half of 2013. Furthermore, TMPA highlights that the Tanger Med port has just been ranked by the British specialist magazine "Container Management" in 55th place worldwide out of 120 international ports in terms of the importance of container traffic. This achievement, realised thanks to the good performance of the year 2013, makes the Tanger Med port the 3rd African port after Port Said (Egypt) and the Port of Durban (South Africa), and the 7th Mediterranean port, notes TMPA, adding that "Morocco can only congratulate itself on this beautiful performance which places the Moroccan port hub among the ranks of major global port infrastructures."
News 11 Jul 2014 2 min read
Increase in container traffic at Tanger Med

