News / Liners nudged aside as Marsa Maroc signs Nador West Med concession

Artist's impression (Photo: Marsa Maroc)

Moroccan container terminal operator Marsa Maroc has signed the concession agreement to operate the first phase of the under-development Nador West port in the east of the country.

As recently reported in The Loadstar, the Red Sea crisis-induced congestion spike in the West Mediterranean has seen carriers scrambling for any available terminal capacity in the region to tranship boxes bound for East Med destinations.

This led to fevered speculation that the concession for the greenfield site at Nador would be the subject ...