Morocco has opened a new terminal at its Tanger Med port, which reported a volume of 3.5 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) last year.
The Tanger Med port 2 will have a total nominal capacity of about six million TEU, therefore expanding the total capacity of the entire Tanger Med complex to over nine million TEUs.
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Nearly $1.6bn has been invested in Tanger Med 2 to expand is capacity, according to Reuters.
Construction work on Tanger Med 2 started in May 2010. It included 4.8km of breakwaters and development of a basin covering an area of 160ha, as well as 160ha of land completely reclaimed from the sea.
The new Tanger Med 2 will feature two terminals that will be managed by Marsa Morocco and APM Terminals.
According to media sources, APM Terminals chief executive officer Morten Engelstoft said: “APM Terminals has a long-term relationship with Morocco and we are proud to be operating the second container terminal in the Tanger Med port complex.”
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By GlobalDataSeven large vessels can be stowed at the port’s dockside. It has a total of 2.8km of container piers, with depths of 18m.
Mediterranean port director Rachid Houari told Reuters: “I hope we will add one million TEU of containers every year.”
The port Tanger Med I, which has two container terminals with a total rated capacity of three million TEUs, is a key container transhipment hub in the west of the Mediterranean.
