Requalification of the port of Kénitra

A new port will be built in the Kénitra region. This action, included in the framework of the port strategy for the 2030 horizon, comes to respond to a structural need.The commercial activity of the current port of the region shows a structural deficit due to the limited level of traffic handled as well as the cost of dredging, which is around 25 million dirhams annually.Indeed, the activity of the port of Kénitra does not exceed 300,000 tonnes per year. The port unit continues to shrink with a continuous regression of the volumes handled each year.“This new port on the Atlantic will serve, in addition to the traffic of the current port of Kénitra, the flows originating from or destined for the Gharb, the Saiss, and the Loukkos”, emphasizes the National Ports Agency in a press release. To do this, a study has been launched to identify new opportunities for the port of Kénitra and to cre…