News / Carriers caught in Algeria-Morocco flare up

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Restrictions in Algeria on imports from Morocco, including containers transhipped over the hub of Tanger and into Algeria’s gateways, have seen carrier schedule adjustments lead to new surcharges being levied.

Tensions between Morocco and Algeria have simmered for years, largely over the former’s occupation of Western Sahara, and flared up in 2021 over the deaths of three Algerian trucks drivers in a rocket attack, after which president Abdelmadjid Tebboune ordered all Algerian companies to terminate contracts with their Moroccan counterparts.

Last month, ...