PARTICIPATION IN THE “REGIONAL LOGISTICS MEETINGS” ORGANIZED AROUND THE THEME “THE TERRITORIAL CHALLENGES OF LOGISTICS IN TANGIER-TETOUAN-AL HOCEIMA AND CATALONIA”.

Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) and Tanger Med Zones (TMZ) took part in the 3rd stage of the regional logistics meetings on January 26, 2024, under the theme: “What Role Can Logistics Play in Regional Development? Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima – Catalonia: a crossroads”.

The event highlighted Tanger Med’s role as the leading port in Africa and the Mediterranean, and home to Africa’s leading commercial activity zone.

In his speech, Mr. Abkari Hassan, Managing Director of Tanger Med Port Authority, shared the port’s experience in strengthening the regional, national, and international logistics value chain, despite the fact that it has only been in operation for 18 years. Mr. Hassan Abkari also highlighted the Port’s role as a driver of progress in various fields beyond international trade, underlining its commitment to sustainable development and environmental protection.

With regard to the challenges facing Tanger Med Port, Mr. Ahmed Bennis, Managing Director of Tanger Med Zones, emphasized the need to boost competitiveness by becoming more attractive, and to further expand the industry by training the workforce and drawing on the experience of foreign companies in Morocco.

To achieve these goals, several major challenges have been identified, including the need to achieve total digitization with the aim of going paperless by 2025. Other challenges include the development of dry ports, the evolution of logistics platforms to handle annual traffic in excess of 240,000 trucks, the ongoing efforts to consolidate the attractiveness of industrial acceleration zones, and industrial integration in non-automotive sectors. As far as human capital is concerned, it is also essential to connect national logistics ecosystems with their international counterparts, as has been the case with Barcelona.