i would like to start a topic about morocco's new port of tanger.It will be the biggest in africa and the biggest in the mediteran sea (according to my sources)It will employ 145 000! people (indirect and direct. it should be operational in 2007 and fully in 2009.there are also alot of free zones with alot of companys.see for further information on www.tmsa.ma/.

All i know is that their are alot of port expansions on the continent but i don't know which will be the biggest after all the expansions.

biggest in terms of?? if you looking at it from teu's or value then durban is the leading port on the continent by far. i always find the different ways of rating complicated, i'm sure there is a std measure tho

@dysan how many teu does durban has

In Sub-saharn African the most efficient and devloped ports are defintely Durban (no doubt about that), followed by Abidjan in Côte d´ivoire (but the latter is currenty undergoing a political crisis) ....the other ports are still tooooo small.

jes but if jou looke at the site that i give jou guys then jou wil notice that this is a serious big project and not just a regional port that serves for a couple of fishermen:)

ya but i believe durbs harbour will still be the biggest

anyway size doesn't matter durbs is the busiest harbour in africa by far but a lekker development for moroc

jes but if jou looke at the site that i give jou guys then jou wil notice that this is a serious big project and not just a regional port that serves for a couple of fishermen:)

I think your Y button is broken :)

mmm i thought it was his accent lol e.g. zous peepels

Egypt also has a large (by African standards) container port at Dumyat (Damietta in English) and secondary ports at Alexandria and at the North and South entrances of the Suez Canal. I think one of these is 2nd after S-Afr. ports of Durban, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. The Tangier project first must find customers among the larger container lines. The present nr. 1, Maersk, prefers its own terminals and only will use Tangier if they get very favourable terms and conditions. Just 20 kms North, they have heavily invested in the Spanish port of Algeciras, close to Gibraltar.

morocco has a free trade agreement with the us and with several other arab countries .in 2012 the free trade agreement with the E.U. will start.and i think customers will go to tanger instead of drban because it's in a geographical good position(street of gibraltar) near EU, middle east , america.And durban is way too far to from al the rich countries :)

these are the 2005 stats for Durban that Gregpz compiled, hope this paints a clear picture.


Total TEU's (containers-generally used when ranking ports):
Durban 1,686,544
Sydney 1,270,216
Cape Town 573,021
PE 313,923

Total Tonnage:
Richards Bay 85,688,419
Durban 40,026,477
Sydney 25,069,539
Port Elizabeth 4,297,069
Cape Town 3,701,008

Number of Ships:
Durban 4,031
Cape Town 3,161
Sydney 2,408
Richards Bay 1,687
PE 1,271

Ship Tonnage:
Durban 81,700,001
Sydney 64,233,204
Richards Bay 57,604,799
Cape Town 44,501,297
PE 25,756,823

morocco has a free trade agreement with the us and with several other arab countries .in 2012 the free trade agreement with the E.U. will start.and i think customers will go to tanger instead of drban because it's in a geographical good position(street of gibraltar) near EU, middle east , america.And durban is way too far to from al the rich countries :)

why would ships not go to durban. In fact more ships will head to durban as the econmies of southern africa in particular mozambique, angola and landlock zambia and botswana continue to gow fast. And finally the southern african market is much larger than morocco's so why would ship abandon the region for morocco.

Also durban is a primary (and growing) hub of east-west transshipment trade.

Durban's port experienced growth of close on 450 000 teus in 2005 from 2004. that is whopping growth and anything but signalling a decline.

New investment of R9.8billion ( $1,63billion) is currently underway for the port and shall be able to handle 2,5m teus by 2008. Further upgrades to the road and rail infrastructure around the port will lead to greater turn around times, and new staking yards are also in the planning phase. These road and staking developments will enable the port to handle an extra 500 000 teus, therefore increasing capacity to 3m in 2008/9.

There are many other plans in the design stage. Durban is perfectly placed as a transshipment/logistics hub, and the opening of the new airport and tradeport in 2009 will go a long way to cement.

All that said, i believe that greater port capacity is required around the rest of the continent, and as countries become more export orientated they wil grow. The facilities need to be there to cater for this growth.

I dont see the ports competing, but complimenting each other. Durban will always have its place, since South Africa is the powerhouse of the continent and totally dominates trade in the SADC region. Landlocked nations surrounding us rely on our infrastructure to get there imports/exports. As pieter said, when there economies grow, so will the demand for sa ports. i do believe that greater investment will be ploughed into maputo, which will be good for their people, but also provide other gateways into SA, for durban's port has limitations in terms of land to expand upon.

A new port like this one is good for north africa and morocco, will grow their economy and support new industry. But i dont see it affecting us in SA at all, its half a world away anyway.

yup sadc will support its own harbour with its own growth no point in sending there minerals up north,any way durb is not the only port i know some companies in zambia and botswana that use nambia ports and the mozambique port

jou guys don't see the thing .When a ship takes his goods in tanger and then transport with the rail connection between morocco and spain to europe they will have much more profit then take it to durban first.The economie of sa and surrounding countruies goes fast but still almost half of the population lives in poverty so there isn't any market, it's only for the elite , the rich people.look to mozambique almost the entire country doesn't have any food.look to the north african market :morocco algeria tunisia libya egypt,...It's fals to think that if the economi of sa grows , the entire continent grows. Sa isn't USA, the only rich people in sa are the white and a few black people .face it

look to the north african market :morocco algeria tunisia libya egypt,...It's fals to think that if the economi of sa grows , the entire continent grows. Sa isn't USA, the only rich people in sa are the white and a few black people .face it

you make any intresting point there but your wrong south africa is a export based economy ,we export planes ,cars ,minerals ,ships ,computers and other hi-tech devices plus the demand for cars in sa is surging i don't have the figures now but its booming ....so as some one said before what ever happens in north africa doesn't have a huge effect on sa as we're exporting our own produced goods ps white people in sa are rich but they only make 14% of the population the people that are growing the economy is the emerging black middle class

also note south africa is the biggest invester in southern africa and one of the largest in sub saharan ,which is a fact e.g. companies like anglo gold , standard bank ,massmart ,murry and roberts,mtn ,absa ,vodacom ,nedbank ,bhp billiton , unilever , sasol , sappi ,sabmiller and etc

Finally, any information about this on the net.
I looked for but couldnt find anything.
This port also gets a very big airport and rail connection with the rest of the country and europe, one of the goals is to compete with the european ports, as a major stop in the mediteranean to the atlantic and the atlantic.
It will be the biggest port in africa, in all terms.
http://www.tmsa.ma/img/port.jpg

@soufiane :how couldn't jou find anything, just type in google a couple of words and jou will find it:)
@hsark:sorry if jou feel insulted but these are the facts the majority in sa lives in poverty and is unemployt but offcourse jou are an export country i wish jou the best :)

If any future port will top Durban as Africa's biggest, it would be in Nigeria, for the simple fact that it's the most populous nation with vast oil riches. Another challenger in the the distant future, might be Luanda.There are much activies going on in these regions, and with political stability, the possibilities are endless.
Building a huge port on a barren coast with no economic feasibility, would just be another african egocentric project.
I'm happy for development in Marocco and in its aim is to boost its international stature. Trying to beat South Africa in economic power and stature, is however just not possible...hmm...we have the 2010 soccer world cup to prepare for boys!

jou guys don't see the thing .When a ship takes his goods in tanger and then transport with the rail connection between morocco and spain to europe they will have much more profit then take it to durban first.The economie of sa and surrounding countruies goes fast but still almost half of the population lives in poverty so there isn't any market, it's only for the elite , the rich people.look to mozambique almost the entire country doesn't have any food.look to the north african market :morocco algeria tunisia libya egypt,...It's fals to think that if the economi of sa grows , the entire continent grows. Sa isn't USA, the only rich people in sa are the white and a few black people .face it

Rail connect to spain is a BIG if, that would require many billion of dollars, would that bridge be more than 2 times long than any other bridge out their. I am not sure if humanity has the engineering skills yet.

Belgiumguy...

you make a big thing of taking goods to tanger, then a rail crossing to europe. one question...how on earth does that effect sa? you make no mention of where the goods are coming from. if you want tanger as a transshipment port, then you may get some attention, but the region surrounding it is small (africa, not europe). are the goods going to be trucked there?

I fail to see any effect on south africa in this context, and i think you totally underestimate the power of the sa economy. either that or you dont know anything about it. comments that there is no market here, and "only for the rich" are both naive and incorrect.

As hsark pointed out, SA is one of the largest investors in africa, in many instances ploughing greater investment in than the USA or Europe. with an economy many times larger than the nearest country we can and will continue to be influential.

But thats besides the point. hopefully this port will do well your economy, and be able to properly compete with the other mediterrainian ports. its not a competition, we are in different markets.

Harkerb...and have seen that R390billion ($65 billion) will be invested in infrastructure in the next 4 years in Sa. thats a HUGE amount of money

The biggest, most modern, most efficient and best equipped port in Africa after Durban (of course) was by far Abidjan , (before that fucking crisis)! Statistics are telling that and articles, too! Forget Nigerian ports, there are not even noteworthy if compared to that of well-functioning and superb port in Abidjan Côte d´ivoire

The biggest, most modern, most efficient and best equipped port in Africa after Durban (of course) was by far Abidjan , (before that fucking crisis)! Statistics are telling that and articles, too! Forget Nigerian ports, there are not even noteworthy if compared to that well-functioning and superb port in Abidjan Côte d´ivoire

Tangier Med Port
Morocco, gateway to the Mediterranean

Oxford Business Group


Morocco's prestigious new Tangier Med port has been grabbing headlines in the kingdom recently, as a major US agency offered a healthy grant for port security and a 10-year management contract was awarded.

While Rabat hopes the new port facility will boost jobs and act as a regional trade magnet, Washington sees the project's success as enhancing its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Morocco - and providing a further step forward in the liberalisation of the economy.

On July 22, US Ambassador to Morocco Thomas T. Riley and the president of the Tangier Mediterranean Special Agency (TMSA) directory, Säid Elhadi, signed a grant agreement under which the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) awarded USD 374,000 to fund technical assistance to the port. The grant will be to help the TMSA meet the requirements of the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) code, Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), and the Container Security Initiative (CSI).

The TMSA will now select a US contractor to provide these security services for the port.

This represents one of the latest stages in Tangier Med's development, a process that has been underway since 2002, when the TMSA was founded and placed in charge. Construction at the present site began back in 2003.

The port is currently being constructed on a site 35-km east of Tangier. When completed, it will cover an area of over 500 sq km and employ some 145,000 people.

Within the facility, three duty free zones will also be built, with these including an industrial zone covering 600 ha, a commercial duty free zone of 200 ha and a logistics free zone of 90 ha.

On these there was further news recently, when back in June it was announced that Dubai's Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority (JAFZA) International had been awarded the 10-year logistics free zone management concession at the port. This was an important achievement for the company, which already has free zone management experience outside Dubai, in both Djibouti and at Malaysia's Port Klang Free Zone.

The management contract follows the completion of a four-month feasibility study by JAFZA International into Tangier's suitability for a logistics free zone, the results of which were encouraging enough for both JAFZA and the TMSA to proceed, officials said on June 22. However, neither JAFZA nor TMSA officials would reveal the contract's value.

Both the port and the free zones at Tangier Med are due to open for business in September 2007. The idea behind the whole facility is a simple and straightforward one. Tangier's strategic location near the Strait of Gibraltar makes it a natural not only for trade between the Mediterranean and the rest of the world, but also between Europe and North Africa. The larger docking facilities available will also bring down transport costs to Morocco by bringing in higher tonnage vessels.

The existing Tangier free zone also recently demonstrated the potential value of Tangier Med. The July 25 edition of pan-Arab daily al-Sharq al-Awsat reported that since this zone had been established back in 1999, it had created some 16,000 jobs. The paper also reported that approximately 115 Moroccan and foreign companies were located in the area, with another 77 companies expected to come soon. As a result, the total number of jobs provided by the free zone was expected to reach 22,000 by the year's end.

Given this, the much larger Tanger Med port facility is expected to also give a major boost to local employment.

Yet it is also aimed at a more far-reaching structural goal. Since the TMSA took charge of the port's development, it has pursued a transparent approach to tendering and a positive attitude towards private-sector involvement. This follows the government's objective of opening up the economy, which is also one of the targets of the US-Moroccan FTA and the European Union-Moroccan Association Agreement.

The port project supports the broadened commercial relationship envisioned under the US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement, as a statement from the US embassy on the awarding of the security grant put it.

The eventual cost of the project is a matter of some conjecture, but official estimates put a price tag of USD 1.37bn to Tangier Med. This is being partly financed by the Hassan II Fund for Development (USD 228m) and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (USD 342m), but the rest will all have to come from private
investors.

So far, this is working out well, with the TMSA also clearly leaning on its Emirati connections in bringing in JAFZA, which brings great experience with it. The hope is that Tangier Med will act as a good example for change, and of the benefits of a much-debated move towards more free trade.

theres ur answer i don;t seen any southern africa country part of the project so it will have little effect on us down south but its a great project for the emerging african continent

TANGER-MED: the biggest port in the mideterranean sea



The French newspaper "Le Figaro" consecrated, Tuesday, a wide cover to the project of the port Tangier-Med, of which the works had been launched by His Royal Highness the King Mohammed VI in February 2003.



Around the port, said "Le Figaro", three free zones (logistical, industrial and commercial) will be installed on a global area of 900 hectares. Underlining that the Moroccan government passed a partnership for a length of ten years with Jafzi (jebel ali free zone international), the Emirate operator of this vast commercial complex, the newspaper retrieves that Emirates consider the Tangier-Med "one greets advantage for a stable and promising zone that gives access to a market corresponding to 25 percents of the world-wide population". Mohamed Ben Khabach, Emirate minister of the industry and Finances says that: "Tangier will allow us to drain the big investments of the European multinational corporations", while recalling that, the emirate group that operates equally in Malaysia and Djibouti, covered essentially the middle-east and the south-east of Asia.

Moroccans are as good braggat as the Nigerians.You cannot compare South Africa to Morocco in development.And I don't think half of the population of SA are hungry as one of you wrongly said.19% of moroccan are very hungry you guys should know that.Morocco should be ashamed of not being able to utilize the opportunity the med location offered it.How helpful and useful would this port be to Africans? I always want to see Africa grow to relief our developed world of Africa burden---it's becoming unbearable burden!

jou guys don't see the thing .When a ship takes his goods in tanger and then transport with the rail connection between morocco and spain to europe they will have much more profit then take it to durban first.The economie of sa and surrounding countruies goes fast but still almost half of the population lives in poverty so there isn't any market, it's only for the elite , the rich people.look to mozambique almost the entire country doesn't have any food.look to the north african market :morocco algeria tunisia libya egypt,...It's fals to think that if the economi of sa grows , the entire continent grows. Sa isn't USA, the only rich people in sa are the white and a few black people .face it

Income distribution between blacks and whites (from high class, middle class to working class)
http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/cm_pics/newsletter/1482-3492-0-0_347405.gif - http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/cm_pics/newsletter/1482-3492-0-0_347406.gif

Just some statistics that might help the debate from a recent study on the so called Black Diamonds (the growing black middle class who today numbers 2.6 million.). Total spending by black middle class grew from $19 billion in 2005 to $27 billion in 2006. Total spending by individual blacks in SA is now about $54 billion per year. Follow this link to get a better understanding of this http://business.iafrica.com/news/887911.htm

As Dysan say, most people who have not stayed in that country long enough tend to have a lot of misconceptions. I would suggest that you go there and see for yourself. You can call it the Mandela magic but in the last 13 years we have come a long way. There isn't a lot of people but dont forget that the Durban harbour serves a market of roughly 250 million people. And people aren't hungry anymore in Mozambique as you would like to believe (another indication that the last 15 years of development and growth in Mozambique seems to have passed you by).

one can get some news about morocco here too .

@soufiane :how couldn't jou find anything, just type in google a couple of words and jou will find it:)
@hsark:sorry if jou feel insulted but these are the facts the majority in sa lives in poverty and is unemployt but offcourse jou are an export country i wish jou the best :)
dont worry i dont feel insulted im not south african but theres a growing black middle class thats fueling the economy at present

Ports of Angola

L U A N D A

Location
The port of Luanda is located 8º47' S and 13º14' E in the sheltered bay of Luanda, with excellent natural conditions, smooth swell and weak winds. The access is very easy with its 1,5 miles width bay entrance. It's the main port of Angola, moving more than 70% of Angolan imports and exports (Oil excluded).

Harbour
The harbour has 2738 m of piers, divided in 7 cargo terminals (working 24hrs a day) + 1 logistic platform for oil industry, as pictured in scheme below. The harbour authority is Empresa Portuária de Luanda, E.P. and disposes 3 tugs from 750 HP to 2500 HP.

Products
The port handles about 1,5 Million Tons a year, mostly inbound cargo (1,2 M Tons), half of it containerised cargo. Products vary from flour, rice, grain to building materials, manufactured products and transport equipment. Outbound tonnage is mainly coffee, local traffic and empty containers.



Restrictions
Max.draught at approach channel is 9,50 mts. Depth alongside vary between 10,5 and 12,5 mts except in Local Traffic terminal "Cabotang" whose depth is 3,5 to 5,5 mts.


http://www.orey-angola.com/images/mapa.gif

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L O B I T O

Location
The port of Lobito is located 12º20' S and 13º34' E in the bay of Lobito, with the natural shelter given by the famous "Restinga". Main port of Angola in the past, and Ocean terminus for the important Benguela railway, its potential remains untouched, but the war almost closed the access to the hinterland and mineral ore from southern Rep.Dem of Congo and Zambia.

Harbour
Divided in 2 zones, the harbour has 1122 mts of piers and works from 07h00 to 24h00. The harbour authority is "Porto do Lobito", disposes 2 tugs, 15 shore cranes from 5 to 22 mtons. A floating crane of 120 mtons lifting capacity is also available. Lobito has shipyards, complete oil and bunkering as well as railway facilities.

Products
The port handles about 600.000 Tons a year including 15.000 TEU, of building materials, flour, sugar, rice, grain, general cargo, mainly to cities of Lobito and Benguela and for the local plants of Catumbela industrial zone.

Restrictions
Maximum draught allowed is 10 mts.

http://www.orey-angola.com/images/lobito.gif

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N A M I B E

Location
The port of Namibe is located 15º12' S and 12º09' E and is the third most important harbour of Angola. Former Moçamedes, this port situated in a rich fishing zone, has good potential of development, the proximity with great agricultural conditions of province of Huila being also important.

Harbour
The harbour has 870 m of piers, divided in 3 zones: Zone 1=260 mts, Zone 2=130 mts, Zone 3= 480 mts. The harbour authority "Porto do Namibe" disposes 1 tug, 3 cranes from 5 to 15 tons, a 40 Tons container loader and has railway facilities.

Products
The port handles about 200.000 tons a year, including 2500 TEU in and out. Commodities handled include foodstuffs, building material and equipment to the neighbour province of Huila and outbound cargo such as fish, seafood and agricultural goods mainly to Luanda and other ports of Angola as well as some exports of marble and granite.

Restrictions
Maximum draught allowed is 10 mts in zone 3, 8 mts in zone 2 and 6 mts in zone 1.

We thank "Gabinete de Comunicação, Imagem e R.Públicas do Porto de Luanda" as well as "Porto do Lobito" for the cooperation and information given.

http://www.orey-angola.com/images/namibe.gif

The world ranking for Ports ( http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/Statistics/WORLD%5FPORT%5FRANKINGS.xls)
CONTAINER TRAFFIC (TEUs, 000s)
RANK PORT COUNTRY TEUs
1 Singapore Singapore 23.192
2 Hong Kong China 22.427
3 Shanghai China 18.084
4 Shenzhen China 16.197
5 Busan South Korea 11.843
6 Kaohsiung Taiwan 9.471
7 Rotterdam Netherlands 9.287
8 Hamburg Germany 8.088
9 Dubai U.A.E 7.619
10 Los Angeles United States 7.485
11 Long Beach United States 6.710
12 Antwerp Belgium 6.482
13 Qingdao China 6.307
14 Port Klang Malaysia 5.544
15 Ningbo China 5.208
16 Tianjin China 4.801
17 New Jersey United States 4.785
18 Guangzhou China 4.685
19 Tanjung Pelepas Indonesia 4.177
20 Laem Chabang Thailand 3.834
21 Bremen Germany 3.736
22 Tokyo Japan 3.593
23 Xiamen China 3.342
24 Tanjung Priok Indonesia 3.282
25 Algeciras Spain 3.180
26 Gioia Tauro China 3.161
27 Yokohama Japan 2.873
28 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 2.836
29 Felixstowe United Kingdom 2.700
30 Jawaharlal Nehru India 2.667
31 Manila Philippines 2.665
32 Dalian China 2.665
33 Salalah Omsn 2.492
34 Nagoya Japan 2.491
35 Colombo Sri Lanka 2.455
36 Valencia Spain 2.410
37 Oakland United States 2.273
38 Santos Brazil 2.268
39 Kobe Japan 2.262
40 Le Havre France 2.119
41 Keelung Taiwan 2.091
42 Seattle United States 2.088
43 Barcelona Spain 2.071
44 Tacoma United States 2.066
45 Charleston United States 1.987
46 Hampton Roads United States 1.982
47 Khor Fakkan U.A.E 1.930
48 Ho Chi Minh Vietnam 1.911
49 Savannah United States 1.902
50 Melbourne Australia 1.863

Untill now there is no African coutry on the list. When the Tanger port will open it will be just under Rotterdam on the 9th place, with a capacity of with a capacity of 8.5 millions EVPs.

SHIPPING
Africa’s future great port
Monday, April 9, 2007
With a budget of more than 233 million euros, Tangiers Med is set to become Africa’s biggest port.

MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2007
In a state of arrested decay for more than 20 years, Tangiers is rising from the ashes: a new port is about to be finished, the free trade zone that’s enlarging it will welcome major new industrial plants, and a highway will link this new pole to the back country.

Among the most significant projects is the construction of the first commercial port at the Tangiers Med site, which has already cost more than 233 million euros. Tangiers Med is ambitious: the goal is to be the biggest port in Africa. The new port’s first commercial terminal, located 35 miles from Tangiers on the Mediterranean, will welcome its first freighters in July 2007. From 2009 onward, Tangiers Med will be set to accommodate five million travelers, or five times the current capacity. Directly linked to the highway, the new port will alleviate overcrowding in the city center.

http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/special-reports/20070407-tangiers-renaissance/20070407-tangiers-port.html

Morocco plans second $1.7 bln port in Tangier
Fri 27 Apr 2007, 12:20 GMT


By Lamine Ghanmi

RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco plans to build a new 14 billion dirham port in Tangier to supplement another new port opening in July that will be used to capacity within eight years, government officials said on Friday.

The project was endorsed by King Mohammed at a meeting of top government officials late on Thursday, they added.

The new port would be close to the Tangier Mediterranean port, which was launched in 2002 at a cost of about $2.0 billion and is due to be opened in July this year, to benefit from a network of roads, highways and rail lines linking to a free-trade zone nearby and to the rest of the country.

"The new port would be built at a cost of about 14 billion dirhams, almost half of the investment would come from private investors from Morocco and abroad," a senior official involved in the project planning said.

The port, with three container terminals, would have a capacity of five million containers and would also harbour a natural gas liquefaction terminal alongside a re-gasificaton facility, he and other government officials said.

The first port, officially known as Tangier Mediterranean Port, also houses a container terminal with a capacity of three million containers, oil storage, cereals terminal and other facilities.

The oil site will store at least 20,000 tonnes of petroleum products to be sold to local retailers along with offering petroleum products and services to ships docking at the port or crossing the Straits of Gibraltar.

UPGRADE SCHEME

"Work is expected to start in the second quarter of 2008," said a government official who did not want to be named.

"We knew from technical and other studies that the Tangier Med port would be saturated by around 2015. That is why there is a need for a new port to be built," Said Elhadi, chairman of the Tangier Mediterranean Special Agency (TMSA), said earlier.

Elhadi, whose agency would oversee the new port planning and building, attended the meeting chaired by King Mohammed.

The two ports would have a combined capacity of up to 10 million containers, making the Tangier port complex one of the biggest in the world, Elhadi has said.

Elhadi, who was not immediately available for comment, has said the Tangier port complex would be one of the biggest and most competitive maritimes hub in the Mediterranean region.

The government has a plan to invest up to $18 billion for the 2002-2015 period to take advantage of its status as the only North African country linked with free trade agreements to the United States and the European Union.

http://africa.reuters.com/business/n...BAN747992.html


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The world ranking for Ports ( http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/Statistics/WORLD%5FPORT%5FRANKINGS.xls)
CONTAINER TRAFFIC (TEUs, 000s)
RANK PORT COUNTRY TEUs
1 Singapore Singapore 23.192
2 Hong Kong China 22.427
3 Shanghai China 18.084
4 Shenzhen China 16.197
5 Busan South Korea 11.843
6 Kaohsiung Taiwan 9.471
7 Rotterdam Netherlands 9.287
8 Hamburg Germany 8.088
9 Dubai U.A.E 7.619
10 Los Angeles United States 7.485
11 Long Beach United States 6.710
12 Antwerp Belgium 6.482
13 Qingdao China 6.307
14 Port Klang Malaysia 5.544
15 Ningbo China 5.208
16 Tianjin China 4.801
17 New Jersey United States 4.785
18 Guangzhou China 4.685
19 Tanjung Pelepas Indonesia 4.177
20 Laem Chabang Thailand 3.834
21 Bremen Germany 3.736
22 Tokyo Japan 3.593
23 Xiamen China 3.342
24 Tanjung Priok Indonesia 3.282
25 Algeciras Spain 3.180
26 Gioia Tauro China 3.161
27 Yokohama Japan 2.873
28 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 2.836
29 Felixstowe United Kingdom 2.700
30 Jawaharlal Nehru India 2.667
31 Manila Philippines 2.665
32 Dalian China 2.665
33 Salalah Omsn 2.492
34 Nagoya Japan 2.491
35 Colombo Sri Lanka 2.455
36 Valencia Spain 2.410
37 Oakland United States 2.273
38 Santos Brazil 2.268
39 Kobe Japan 2.262
40 Le Havre France 2.119
41 Keelung Taiwan 2.091
42 Seattle United States 2.088
43 Barcelona Spain 2.071
44 Tacoma United States 2.066
45 Charleston United States 1.987
46 Hampton Roads United States 1.982
47 Khor Fakkan U.A.E 1.930
48 Ho Chi Minh Vietnam 1.911
49 Savannah United States 1.902
50 Melbourne Australia 1.863

Untill now there is no African coutry on the list. When the Tanger port will open it will be just under Rotterdam on the 9th place, with a capacity of with a capacity of 8.5 millions EVPs.

Durban handled 2,335,000 TEUS in 2006, therefore putting the city in 37th place. I take it those stats used are out of date then if Durban was not even included?

Also dont forget that Durban is a growing transshipment port on the route between asia and the america's. Also the rapid export orientated growth in south africa, combined with rapidly growing consumer spending is also creating a massive import boom. This is evident in the 28% growth so far in 2007 achieved in Durban.

However these 2 ports serve very different markets. One thing i find hard to believe tho is that you state this port will just jump to 9th when open. i find it very hard to believe that 8,5m tues will happen over night. i think that is the long long term goal and will not simply happen on opening

PAD(Port autonome de Dakar) will be back in course to be the best gate for west Africa with the parternship of Dubai port world:
htmlhttp://www.eyefortransport.com/index.asp?news=56322&nli=freight&ch=
the geographical position of Dakar between North and South america, Europe and the rest of Africa would be increase in the near future...

Moroccans are as good braggat as the Nigerians.You cannot compare South Africa to Morocco in development.And I don't think half of the population of SA are hungry as one of you wrongly said.19% of moroccan are very hungry you guys should know that.Morocco should be ashamed of not being able to utilize the opportunity the med location offered it.How helpful and useful would this port be to Africans? I always want to see Africa grow to relief our developed world of Africa burden---it's becoming unbearable burden!


If 19% of Moroccans are very hungry,all of africans should have starved to death by now.:lol: :lol:

one can get some news about morocco here too http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6718249.stm


What's your point ?? what does this have to do with Tangier port ?? we have our own problems in Morocco,but that doesn't mean we all live in toilets .

Untill now there is no African coutry on the list. When the Tanger port will open it will be just under Rotterdam on the 9th place, with a capacity of with a capacity of 8.5 millions EVPs.

You forget that most of the ports in this list grow too. Go here (http://www.hafen-hamburg.de/content/view/34/33/lang,en/) and click on "Top20 Ports" to find out the world's Top20 containerports with 2006 data. By the time Tanger has reached the 8 million TEU, ports like Hamburg, Rotterdam, Dubai might be already at levels of 15 million TEU each.

2005 top5 by cargo tonnage (from wikipedia)

1 Shanghai [LEFT]People's Republic of China MT 443,000

2 Singapore Singapore FT 423,267

3 Rotterdam Netherlands MT 376,600

4 Ningbo People's Republic of China MT 272,400

5 Tianjin People's Republic of China MT 245,100

Moroccanguy,I didn't post the link to spite at you but the belgiumguy who's a Moroccan praised Morocco and demised SA regards the MED PORT started the whole issue.He said half of the population of SA is hungry and poor.If that really hurt you,am sorry and I didn't mean to do that.ok?
Am surprised most of the posts has been erased from the forum cos that woud have helped you to get it all clear. Am sorry!

There's no problem with that.So, what stage is the MED PORT?

Moroccanguy,I didn't post the link to spite at you but the belgiumguy who's a Moroccan praised Morocco and demised SA regards the MED PORT started the whole issue.He said half of the population of SA is hungry and poor.If that really hurt you,am sorry and I didn't mean to do that.ok?
Am surprised most of the posts has been erased from the forum cos that woud have helped you to get it all clear. Am sorry!


My apology brother..I wish all the best to you and to SA and to the whole continent.
I will edit previous post.

Truly 19% of Moroccan are really hungry.I beleive you need to make a research for this.There's no problem with that.So, what stage is the MED PORT?

No, my friend, that is utter nonsense and I really don't need to do a research.The port is almost done.

2005 top5 by cargo tonnage (from wikipedia)

From german Wikipedia with 2006 Data (except of Los Angeles)

1. Shanghai (China) 537,0
2. Singapore 448,2
3. Rotterdam (Netherlands) 378,2
4. Ningbo (China) 300,0
5. Guangzhou (China) 300,0
6. Tianjin (China) 255,0
7. Hong Kong (China) 238,0
8. Nagoya (Japan) 206,0
9. Qingdao (China) 200,0
10. Dalian (China) 200,0
11. Antwerpen (Belgium) 167,4
12. Los Angeles (USA) 162,1 (2005)
13. Hamburg (Germany) 134,8