Morocco's Tanger Med Remains Africa's Largest Container Port for Eighth Year in Row

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Morocco's Tanger Med - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 12.07.2025
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"At the end of 2024, according to the Alphaliner rating [a leading consulting company specializing in sea container shipping], Tanger Med took 17th place in the list of 500 largest container ports in the world," a representative of the port management told Russian media.
The World Bank, together with the analytical corporation S&P Global Market Intelligence, named Tanger Med the third in the list of the most efficient container ports in the world, he noted.
Cargo volumes:
🟠Handled over 10.2 million cargo containers in 2024, an 18.8% increase from 2023;
🟠Total cargo turnover reached 142 million tonnes, up by 16.2%;
🟠Managed nearly 517,000 freight transport units, representing an 8.1% growth.
The port, connected to 180 ports in 70 countries, with about a third of container traffic to Europe, continues to grow as a key strategic transport and logistics hub in the region, the management representative said.
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