On the south bank of the Gibraltar’s Strait 40 km east of Tangiers city, the Morocco authorities have launched the construction of a new harbor, to favor the economical development of the North region and to improve the relationship between Morocco and the Euro-Mediterranean area.
The main functions of the harbor are: - Getting a part of the traffic of the containers transshipment - Developing the traffic of trucks - Rationalizing the affectation of the cereals traffic - Serving the Tangiers hinterland with refined oil products - Clearing the city of Tangiers, in order to turn its activity more to the tourism and make it as a pole of a cultural center.
The works are performed by a joint venture company (SRPTM) constituted by: - BOUYGUES-TP - SAI PEM-SA - BYMARO (Morocco subsidiary company of Bouygues-BI)