Port traffic carried by phosphates

Port traffic This is the least we can say In its edition of the day, The Economist states that "all indicators of external trade by sea were on the rise in 2017 The newspaper reports a sharp increase (8.1%) in port traffic to 83.6 million tonnes.

This is attributable, according to the same source, essentially to the exports of phosphates and derivatives (+ 25%), the traffic in containers and the import of petroleum products. The past ended with a turnover of 1.7 billion dirhams, a value added of 1 billion and a net profit of 145 million dirhams. Opposite, the investment mobilized amounted to 1.9 billion dirhams.

In detail, the traffic of the containers improved by 3.2%, recording the transit of 1,2 million boxes (equivalent 20 feet). The grain trade fell sharply following the good cereal harvest. The Economist also talks about the aggregates of the port Tanger Med which are green in the first half of 2018 with a figure up 7%. Following the same trend, vehicle traffic jumped 18% to 252,194 units.

Ditto for international truck transport, which grew by 14%. Passenger traffic dropped considerably (13%) with only 733,646 passengers passing through the port during the first half of the year. The activity was affected by "the significant decline in the shipping supply of shipping companies (4 foreign and one Moroccan). They performed on average 17 rotations per day while the port Tanger Med allows to treat about fifty a day. "

It is in this context that the 2030 port strategy is being updated, as the daily newspaper announces. A study will be launched from August 28th. Its purpose will be "to draw up a state of progress of the strategy and to update the hypotheses for the evolution of port traffic by 2030."