Vessel, plane repatriate 1,150 stranded Spaniards from Morocco 2 minutes read
By Javier Otazu
Casablanca, Morocco, Apr 4 (efe-epa).- Almost 1,200 Spaniards or residents of Spain on Sunday boarded a ship or an aircraft chartered as part of a special mechanism to repatriate the roughly 4,000 people who remained stranded in Morocco when the Arab country last Tuesday closed its airspace to Spain for health reasons.
The Balearia ferry set sail from the port of Tanger Med en route for Algeciras with 800 passengers on board shortly after 4:30 am local time, while at almost the same time an Iberia Airlines jet carrying 348 passengers departed from Casablanca for Madrid.
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Economic boom in Tangier leaves a few winners and many losers
Business in the Moroccan city has remained surprisingly robust in the pandemic due to its location at the nexus of global trade routes. But many locals have seen incomes fall as tourism struggles.
The Port of Tanger Med is a crucial lifeline for Morocco s economy during the pandemic
Anass Bouzid has long held the dream of emigrating to Germany. He d love to go to Frankfurt, because the German financial hub is where some of his family live, he told DW. The 25-year-old Moroccan wouldn t have much to leave behind, he said, as he has been jobless for quite a while.
APM Terminals MedPort Tangier commences second phase of development
Following a total investment of 800 million USD, operations at APM Terminals MedPort Tangier commenced in 2019. It now celebrates its next major development milestone by kicking off phase-2 of the development, which will add an extra 1 million TEU capacity to its footprint, according to the company s release.
Following the terminals inauguration by HRH Prince Moulay Hassan in June 2019, APM Terminals MedPort Tangier ramped up operations, achieving more than 2.2 M TEUs throughput in 2020 with productivity levels reaching above 30 crane moves per hour.
During phase 1, the terminal operated with a 1200 meter-long quay. To support the continued development of the terminal, APM Terminals MedPort Tangier s second phase of development will add an additional 400 meters, increasing the total quay length to 1600 meters. This will add an additional throughput capacity of 1 million containers to reach the previously announced