Alors que les travaux de la seconde phase du port de transbordement Tanger Med avancent, le vieux port de la ville se convertit au tourisme.
Tanger Med est équipé pour accueillir les navires les plus imposants au monde.
MAROC. S’il est un secteur qui reflète la santé de l’économie mondiale, c’est bien celui du transport maritime. Après une année 2009 très difficile pour les armateurs, les affaires reprennent.
C’est notamment ce que montrent les derniers chiffres publiés par le port de Tanger. Son activité au troisième trimestre a atteint 1,443 millions d’EVP, soit une progression de 55 % par rapport à 2009.
Il n’en fallait pas plus pour relancer l’intérêt pour la deuxième phase du projet Tanger Med. Les opérateurs privés avaient finalement renoncé à participer financièrement à la construction des deux nouveaux terminaux, compte tenu de la crise. Un retrait qui n’avait pas découragé les Marocains : le chantier a tout de même démarré en juin 2009, l’Etat se substituant aux entreprises.
Mi-novembre 2010, la Banque européenne d’investissement est venue soulager la facture, en accordant un prêt à long terme de 200 M€ à l’agence spéciale Tanger Méditerranée (TMSA) qui porte le projet.
En 2014, le port de transbordement augmentera donc sa capacité de traitement à 8 millions de conteneurs, contre 3 aujourd’hui. Deux nouveaux terminaux seront créés. La concession du premier avait déjà été attribuée à Marsa Maroc. Pour le second, les discussions sont encore en cours. Les responsables du port se montrent optimistes quant à leur aboutissement, sans dévoiler le nom des intéressés. Mais les travaux sur cette partie n’ont pas encore débuté.
En attendant la livraison de Tanger Med 2, le port tourne à plein. Le directeur passagers, Hassan Abkari, se félicite de la rapidité de chargement des plus gros navires du monde accueillis à l’entrée du Détroit de Gibraltar.
Tanger ville pense à la plaisance
L’activité roulier a de son côté connu une progression de 147 % au 3e trimestre par rapport à la même période l’an passé (25.298 unités traitées). Un chiffre faussé par le transfert de toute l’activité gérée jusqu’ici par le port de la ville de Tanger. Celui-ci sera désormais dédié à la plaisance. Une société d’aménagement a été constituée à cet effet en mars 2010.
Elle souhaite faire de Tanger l’un des premiers ports de plaisance en Méditerranée. La société tente aussi d’attirer les croisiéristes, pour profiter de la dynamique de ce secteur en Méditerranée. Mais pour se positionner sur ces créneaux au potentiel touristique élevé, de nombreux aménagements urbains sont prévus.
Le site de Tanger Med était une plage déserte il y a moins de dix ans. Avec tous ces développements, on a du mal à imaginer la physionomie de la région dans les prochaines années.
Source : http://www.econostrum.info
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الخميس، 2 ديسمبر 2010
الأحد، 19 سبتمبر 2010
Plan secret espagnol pour contrer Tanger-Med
| Le Port de Tanger-Med dans le nord du Maroc, affole les compteurs depuis son entrée en service en juillet 2007. Véritable plateforme logistique aux portes de l’Europe, le port marocain s’est vite révélé compétitif. De 1 million de conteneurs traités en 2008, il est rapidement passé à 1, 7 millions en 2010. Une progression spectaculaire malgré la crise économique mondiale. Face à ce succès, les Marocains se montrent de plus en plus entreprenants. Ils ont déjà lancé le projet d’extension, baptisé Tanger-Med II, ce qui portera la capacité des deux ports à 8,5 millions de conteneurs. Mais la réussite du projet marocain a fait une victime de taille. Le port espagnol d’Algésiras périclite depuis deux ans. Il a subi une sévère baisse de ses activités de transbordement et l’avenir s’assombrit encore plus. Son concurrent marocain qui se situe juste en face, sur la rive sud de la Méditerranée, jouit d’avantages comparatifs importants. Les taxes portuaires et les coûts de la main d’œuvre y sont largement inférieurs. Pour cette raison, le gouvernement espagnol a cogité tout l’été sur le cas du port d’Algésiras et a fait voter dans l’urgence une nouvelle loi sur les ports visant principalement à diminuer très sensiblement les taxes portuaires. Et comme si cela ne devait pas suffire, le Junta de l’Andalousie a envoyé des émissaires auprès des multinationales du transport maritime comme le danois Maersk, le hollandais APM et le coréen Hanjin afin de les dissuader de quitter Algésiras pour Tanger-Med. Les Espagnols ont promis des baisses de tarifs conséquentes et des aides importantes. La guerre ne fait que commencer. |
الاثنين، 7 يونيو 2010
Immobilier : au Maroc, le luxe redevient abordable
La crise a fait baisser les prix. Ils ont chuté de 25 % à Marrakech et de 30 % à Tanger. Le moment est propice pour investir. A condition d'être sûr de son choix de vie ! De nombreux riads sont actuellement mis en vente par des retraités. Ils les avaient achetés il y a vingt ans, mais, désormais, ils se sentent trop âgés pour y séjourner régulièrement.
AMarrakech, « les valeurs ont chuté d'au moins 25 % », admet Séverine de Freycinet, responsable de l'agence locale Emile Garcin. Dans la médina, un riad rénové se vend la plupart du temps entre 200.000 et 600.000 euros avec des surfaces habitables variant entre 100 et 300 mètres carrés et plus, sans compter les patios, plus ou moins grands selon le prestige de l'habitat. Ainsi, un riad complètement rénové, développant 200 mètres carrés, s'est récemment négocié à 370.000 euros. Un autre, plus luxueux, avec cinq chambres, 360 mètres carrés de patio central, un petit riad attenant, a trouvé preneur à 860.000 euros.
Les acquéreurs n'ont d'ailleurs que l'embarras du choix. Louis B. Eudes est président de Délocalia, une société de conseil à destination de ceux qui investissent à l'étranger, et notamment au Maroc, en Tunisie, à l'île Maurice et en Thaïlande. Selon lui, « il y aurait actuellement 350 riads à vendre à Marrakech, qui ont été achetés il y a dix, quinze ou vingt ans par des retraités. Ils les exploitent, par exemple en maisons d'hôte, mais ils se rendent compte que cela coûte trop cher ». Et de poursuivre : « La vraie difficulté est le rapatriement des devises. »
Côté villas, les valeurs ont aussi subi des réajustements à Marrakech. A l'extérieur de la ville, une villa de 200 à 400 mètres carrés avec piscine s'affiche généralement entre 300.000 et 700.000 euros. A peine le prix d'une petite maison en lotissement sur la Côte d'Azur. Même chose dans la Palmeraie, qui offre en outre des maisons d'un luxe incroyable. Comme cette maison construite sur 10 hectares et déployant 1.188 mètres carrés habitables et une piscine hollywoodienne dans un jardin luxuriant. Ces maisons de luxe, plutôt destinées à des rois du pétrole qu'à des seniors en quête de qualité de vie, ont cependant plus de difficultés à se vendre que les années passées.
Clientèle étrangère raréfiée
Echaudés par la récente crise qui a touché Dubaï, les investisseurs semblent hésitants à placer leur argent au Maroc. « La demande fonctionne tout de même mieux que l'année dernière, mais les ventes sont très longues à se concrétiser car les acheteurs veulent être rassurés sur tous les plans », souligne Séverine de Freycinet. Le ralentissement du marché est également perceptible à Tanger, Agadir, Essaouira ou encore Casablanca.
« Le marché n'est pas uniforme et présente des disparités importantes d'un secteur à l'autre », indique Jean Dauré, responsable de plusieurs agences immobilières, notamment dans la région de Tanger où, après Tanger Med, des chantiers comme Tanger Med 2 vont doper l'économie locale (construction d'une ligne TGV, construction d'une usine Renault, nouveau port de plaisance en projet, construction massive dans les villes satellites…). Des travaux pharaoniques qui ont toutefois subi le contrecoup de la crise. « Le marché a été très clairement touché par la crise en Europe, reconnaît ce même responsable, les investisseurs marocains ont ralenti leur activité tant sur le moyen que sur le haut de gamme. Dans le neuf, les prix n'ont pas véritablement chuté, sauf sur le haut de gamme, où certains excès ont été corrigés. Des baisses de 30 % et plus ne sont pas une exception. En revanche, le bas standing voit ses prix grimper au niveau du moyen standing, qui, lui-même, tend à se hisser au niveau du haut standing. »
Pour l'heure, la clientèle étrangère se fait plus rare. Quelques retraités continuent d'acheter, de même que certains cadres de grandes entreprises mutés au Maroc ou des acquéreurs fortunés qui délaissent Marrakech au profit de Tanger, ses prix étant plus attractifs. « Depuis deux mois, la clientèle espagnole, très présente ici, semble de retour, indique Jérôme Guérin, responsable à Tanger de l'agence Emile Garcin. Les conditions climatiques n'ont pas non plus été favorables au marché car nous avons quasiment eu cinq mois de pluie ininterrompue. » Dans l'ancien, les vendeurs qui se placent sur le haut de gamme restent gourmands et il est difficile de les raisonner, d'autant qu'ils ne sont pas forcément pressés, s'agissant d'un marché de résidences secondaires. « J'essaie de rentrer des mandats plus en phase avec la demande des acquéreurs, précise Jérôme Guérin, notamment des maisons en plein centre-ville autour de 700.000 euros. » « La vraie demande porte sur le logement social ou l'appartement avec trois chambres, balcon et garage, entre 50.000 et 60.000 euros, le tout bien situé en centre-ville, chose qui n'existe pas ou plus du tout », note encore Jean Dauré.
Le phénomène de baisse des prix et de recul des ventes s'observe aussi, bien sûr, à Agadir et à Essaouira où les vendeurs semblent revenir à la raison, explique Samir Bebmzkhlouf, le président de Century 21 Maroc. Là, beaucoup de retraités français ont élu domicile, ne serait-ce que quelques mois dans l'année. « Sur le haut de gamme, les prix ne reflètent pas toujours la réalité car les dessous de table sont fréquents, même chez les grands promoteurs », note Louis B. Eudes. Il faut fuir ce type de pratique, surtout pour un logement vendu sur plan. Quant à Casablanca, la ville croule sous les projets. « Tout se passe à Casablanca, lance cet agent immobilier. Le Grand Casablanca représente quelque 4 millions d'habitants et, à 50 kilomètres à la ronde, de nombreux projets - complexes touristiques notamment -vont transformer la région.
Source :Les Echos
الثلاثاء، 11 مايو 2010
Problems for the new terminal at Algeciras Port
Local dockers refused to unload the containers at the new Hanjin dock
Korean multinational Hanjin Shipping has threatened to cancel a 200 million € investment in Algeciras Port, and take its container business across the Strait to the Tangier-Med facility.
The money corresponds to a second phase of the port, known as Isla Verde exterior following the deliberate opening of the first phase this week, with the arrival of the company’s container transporter, Hanjin Casablanca. notwithstanding a lack of agreement with local dockers has resulted in the vessel heading off on Wednesday to Hamburg to unload.
‘If in the city is no solution to the dockers’ problem in 24 hours, a 35 year commitment could be lost’, so warned the CEO of the complete Terminal International Algeciras, Fernando González.
A spokesman from Hanjin Shipping expressed their ‘surprise and frustration’ at the events. They claim the dockers knew the working conditions at the new terminal as long as two years ago.
PSOE mayoress of Algeciras, Tomás Herrera, has also expressed his concern at the possible economic impact for the municipality if the conflict with the multinational company continues.
More meetings are expected to take place to try and find a solution today.
Source : http://www.thereader.es
Korean multinational Hanjin Shipping has threatened to cancel a 200 million € investment in Algeciras Port, and take its container business across the Strait to the Tangier-Med facility.
The money corresponds to a second phase of the port, known as Isla Verde exterior following the deliberate opening of the first phase this week, with the arrival of the company’s container transporter, Hanjin Casablanca. notwithstanding a lack of agreement with local dockers has resulted in the vessel heading off on Wednesday to Hamburg to unload.
‘If in the city is no solution to the dockers’ problem in 24 hours, a 35 year commitment could be lost’, so warned the CEO of the complete Terminal International Algeciras, Fernando González.
A spokesman from Hanjin Shipping expressed their ‘surprise and frustration’ at the events. They claim the dockers knew the working conditions at the new terminal as long as two years ago.
PSOE mayoress of Algeciras, Tomás Herrera, has also expressed his concern at the possible economic impact for the municipality if the conflict with the multinational company continues.
More meetings are expected to take place to try and find a solution today.
Source : http://www.thereader.es
الأحد، 25 أبريل 2010
Jean-Christophe Casagrande mort dans un accident de plongée à Tanger Med
Jean-Christophe Casagrande, un ressortissant français qui travaillait au port de Tanger Med pour le compte d’une société française, est décédé lors d’un accident de plongée mercredi dernier.
Très expérimenté, l’accident de Jean-Christophe Casagrande est qualifié de "mystérieux". Une enquête a d’ailleurs été ouverte pour élucider la cause de son décès.
الأحد، 6 يناير 2008
Tanger-Med, a hub port
Morocco is a country with over 3,000 kilometres of coastline; 95% of its foreign trade passes through the Kingdom's 30 ports. After the 1970s, the political authorities made significant investments to equip Morocco with adequate port infrastructures, carrying out a strategy of port specialisation. However, as well as leading to inflexibility in their range, this also created difficulties for the ports in terms of adaptation to the rapid changes taking place in the maritime transport market.
As a result, a new ports policy - the National Port Master Plan - was defined, with the following main objectives: to create a new port in the Straits of Gibraltar, 35 kilometres from Tangiers; and to improve the other Moroccan port areas.
This led to the Tánger - Méditerranée project, a complex of integrated infrastructures at a strategic position in northern Morocco (15 kilometres from the European Union, on one of the major shipping routes), and included in the Special Economic Zone, which consists of: a new port, a free trade logistics area and the relevant connection infrastructure in the region.
This major project is backed by a nearby market of over 600 million inhabitants, and as such, for the year 2020, traffic of 3 million TEUs is anticipated, as well as private investment worth 1,000 million Euros, and the creation of 145,000 jobs.
Tanger-Med, a hub port
The Tanger-Med port has been designed as an exchange platform and hub port, especially for container transfer work, which is experiencing significant growth in the Mediterranean.
There are two main objectives for the Tanger-Med port; on the one hand, to absorb the container transfers of the main shipping lines with East-West and North-South traffic; and on the other, to carry out the transfers with neighbouring regions as a destination, such as the eastern Mediterranean, and northern and western Africa.
Tanger-Med will have various infrastructures:
a container terminal for transfer traffic and import-export traffic, with a 1,610-metre quay.
a ro-ro terminal for passenger traffic and TIR traffic - an estimated 2.5 million passengers and 100,000 lorries per year
a terminal for various bulk goods, especially for cereals
a hydrocarbons terminal, which will be used to redistribute products refined in the North, and will supply ships from the shipping companies sailing through the Strait of Gibraltar
Tanger-Med, a wide range of free trade areas
The Tanger-Med project will also includes a wide range of range free trade areas, which will allow added value activities to be generated effectively in the region. The free trade areas have been designed along three lines:
Logistics Free Trade Area: next to the containers terminal, it will have an area of 138 hectares and a customs area. Only logistics and transformation activities will take place.
Industrial Free Trade Area: an extension of the Tangiers free trade area, it will be situated 20 kilometres from the new port and will have an area of 600 hectares. Operators and transformation industries geared to exportation will establish themselves there.
Commercial Free Trade Area: located 18 kilometres from the new port and near the town of Fnideq, will have an area of 200 hectares. Business to business activities linked to the logistics free trade area will take place there, and will enable duty free shopping centres to be established.
Connection infrastructures
In order to link the new port and the various free trade areas, as well as connecting Morocco's economic and business fabric, the Tanger-Med project also includes the construction of connection infrastructures, of which the most significant are:
a 61-kilometre motorway linking the new port with the northern Tangiers-Casablanca motorway
a 45-kilometre railway connection between Tangiers and the future port-free trade area
a quick route linking the port and the town of Fnideq, and the free trade area located 18 kilometres away
Financing and public and private investments
An initial distribution of the public investments necessary for the financing of Tanger-Med established that the project would require a total of 1,400 million Euros, broken down as follows:
Tanger-Med Port Infrastructures: 450 million Euros
Free trade area infrastructures: 250 million Euros
Connection infrastructures: 600 million Euros
Others (energy, water…): 100 million Euros
The main financing sources were determined by:
180 million Euros from the Hassan II funds, and 270 million Euros from the Abu Dhabi Funds for the Tanger-Med Port infrastructure
153 million Euros from FADES, and 80 million Euros from FKDEA for land infrastructure connections
other funds from the BID, ADF and Moroccan banks for railway connections
As regards private enterprise, it was decided that investments of 1,300 million Euros need to be made, distributed in 300 million Euros for the new Port and 1,000 million Euros in the free trade areas.
2002, the starting point
In 2002, the Moroccan Government created a 550-square kilometre Special Development Zone, to promote access to foriegn markets for companies in Morocco, and the development of their future logistics processes, as well as to contribute to the boosting of the Moroccan economy and the development of tourism in the region.
In order to carry out, co-ordinate and administer the macro-project, the Tánger-Méditerranée Special Agency (TMSA) was established in September 2002. This is a private company with public privileges, art which works based on an agreement with the State, and interacts with the various Ministries involved.
In 2003, the agreement between TMSA and the Moroccan State was signed for a 50 year period, by virtue of which TMSA is responsible for awarding the contracts for port and logistics activities, while the State undertakes to build the connection infrastructures. TMSA is able to delegate some port activities to private investors, and is the sole agent with which companies wanting to establish themselves in the special economic zone deal with. For example, it can grant construction permits or give work authorisations.
Also in 2003, TMSA guaranteed its initial financing of 500 million Euros, and signed a contract worth 215 million Euros, with a consortium headed by the businessman Bouygues for the the construction of the port and its basic infrastructures.
Tanger-Med, ready in 2007
During 2004, the first financial operations and partnership operations took place for investment companies and those working in the Tanger-Med free trade areas. In specific terms, in October, the Tánger-Méditerranée Special Agency (TMSA) and Jebel Ali Free Zone International (JAFZI) signed a partnership and co-operation agreement for a ten-year period, to make Tanger-Med into a benchmark multimodal platform in the Mediterranean. This strategic, operational and commercial agreement stipulates that JAFZI and TMSA will promote Tanger-Med internationally to attract multinationals who can establish themselves on the two platforms.
Also in 2004, the tendering process for the hydrocarbon terminal and the tug service was opened, and the contract for the first container terminal was awarded.
During 2005, the contract for the second container terminal, the hydrocarbon dock and the tug service will be awarded. The following will also be established: the Tanger-Med Port Authority, the Tanger-Med Free Trade Areas Investment Company, and the Tanger-Med Free Trade Areas Authority.
The port construction works are planned for completion in 2006; while in 2007 the area's superstructures, land and railway connections will be completed. The commissioning of the port is also planned for July 2007, as is the beginning of work in the Logistics free trade area.
First container terminal and tendering process for the second
On 23 November 2004, the Tanger Méditerranée Special Agency (TMSA) awarded the contract for the first container terminal in the Tanger-Med port the consortium formed by APM Terminals, a company belonging to A.P. Moller-Maersk Group and Akwa Holding. The concession, in which the Maersk group has a 90% holding, is valid for a 30-year period. The consortium which will run the terminal will also the invest a total of 120 million Euros until 2007, and this figure will reach 150 million Euros in 2010. The first container terminal in the Tanger-Med port is 40 hectares in area, with an 800-metre dock.
After the contract for the first container terminal was awarded, in December 2004 TMSA decided to begin the tendering process for the second terminal, and the same bidders as in the first tender process were able to take part in this second tender, except for the consortium winning the contract for the first terminal. Among other offers, the group consisting of CMA-CGM, Evergreen, P&O Ports and Terminal Link was a bidder.
As a result, a new ports policy - the National Port Master Plan - was defined, with the following main objectives: to create a new port in the Straits of Gibraltar, 35 kilometres from Tangiers; and to improve the other Moroccan port areas.
This led to the Tánger - Méditerranée project, a complex of integrated infrastructures at a strategic position in northern Morocco (15 kilometres from the European Union, on one of the major shipping routes), and included in the Special Economic Zone, which consists of: a new port, a free trade logistics area and the relevant connection infrastructure in the region.
This major project is backed by a nearby market of over 600 million inhabitants, and as such, for the year 2020, traffic of 3 million TEUs is anticipated, as well as private investment worth 1,000 million Euros, and the creation of 145,000 jobs.
Tanger-Med, a hub port
The Tanger-Med port has been designed as an exchange platform and hub port, especially for container transfer work, which is experiencing significant growth in the Mediterranean.
There are two main objectives for the Tanger-Med port; on the one hand, to absorb the container transfers of the main shipping lines with East-West and North-South traffic; and on the other, to carry out the transfers with neighbouring regions as a destination, such as the eastern Mediterranean, and northern and western Africa.
Tanger-Med will have various infrastructures:
a container terminal for transfer traffic and import-export traffic, with a 1,610-metre quay.
a ro-ro terminal for passenger traffic and TIR traffic - an estimated 2.5 million passengers and 100,000 lorries per year
a terminal for various bulk goods, especially for cereals
a hydrocarbons terminal, which will be used to redistribute products refined in the North, and will supply ships from the shipping companies sailing through the Strait of Gibraltar
Tanger-Med, a wide range of free trade areas
The Tanger-Med project will also includes a wide range of range free trade areas, which will allow added value activities to be generated effectively in the region. The free trade areas have been designed along three lines:
Logistics Free Trade Area: next to the containers terminal, it will have an area of 138 hectares and a customs area. Only logistics and transformation activities will take place.
Industrial Free Trade Area: an extension of the Tangiers free trade area, it will be situated 20 kilometres from the new port and will have an area of 600 hectares. Operators and transformation industries geared to exportation will establish themselves there.
Commercial Free Trade Area: located 18 kilometres from the new port and near the town of Fnideq, will have an area of 200 hectares. Business to business activities linked to the logistics free trade area will take place there, and will enable duty free shopping centres to be established.
Connection infrastructures
In order to link the new port and the various free trade areas, as well as connecting Morocco's economic and business fabric, the Tanger-Med project also includes the construction of connection infrastructures, of which the most significant are:
a 61-kilometre motorway linking the new port with the northern Tangiers-Casablanca motorway
a 45-kilometre railway connection between Tangiers and the future port-free trade area
a quick route linking the port and the town of Fnideq, and the free trade area located 18 kilometres away
Financing and public and private investments
An initial distribution of the public investments necessary for the financing of Tanger-Med established that the project would require a total of 1,400 million Euros, broken down as follows:
Tanger-Med Port Infrastructures: 450 million Euros
Free trade area infrastructures: 250 million Euros
Connection infrastructures: 600 million Euros
Others (energy, water…): 100 million Euros
The main financing sources were determined by:
180 million Euros from the Hassan II funds, and 270 million Euros from the Abu Dhabi Funds for the Tanger-Med Port infrastructure
153 million Euros from FADES, and 80 million Euros from FKDEA for land infrastructure connections
other funds from the BID, ADF and Moroccan banks for railway connections
As regards private enterprise, it was decided that investments of 1,300 million Euros need to be made, distributed in 300 million Euros for the new Port and 1,000 million Euros in the free trade areas.
2002, the starting point
In 2002, the Moroccan Government created a 550-square kilometre Special Development Zone, to promote access to foriegn markets for companies in Morocco, and the development of their future logistics processes, as well as to contribute to the boosting of the Moroccan economy and the development of tourism in the region.
In order to carry out, co-ordinate and administer the macro-project, the Tánger-Méditerranée Special Agency (TMSA) was established in September 2002. This is a private company with public privileges, art which works based on an agreement with the State, and interacts with the various Ministries involved.
In 2003, the agreement between TMSA and the Moroccan State was signed for a 50 year period, by virtue of which TMSA is responsible for awarding the contracts for port and logistics activities, while the State undertakes to build the connection infrastructures. TMSA is able to delegate some port activities to private investors, and is the sole agent with which companies wanting to establish themselves in the special economic zone deal with. For example, it can grant construction permits or give work authorisations.
Also in 2003, TMSA guaranteed its initial financing of 500 million Euros, and signed a contract worth 215 million Euros, with a consortium headed by the businessman Bouygues for the the construction of the port and its basic infrastructures.
Tanger-Med, ready in 2007
During 2004, the first financial operations and partnership operations took place for investment companies and those working in the Tanger-Med free trade areas. In specific terms, in October, the Tánger-Méditerranée Special Agency (TMSA) and Jebel Ali Free Zone International (JAFZI) signed a partnership and co-operation agreement for a ten-year period, to make Tanger-Med into a benchmark multimodal platform in the Mediterranean. This strategic, operational and commercial agreement stipulates that JAFZI and TMSA will promote Tanger-Med internationally to attract multinationals who can establish themselves on the two platforms.
Also in 2004, the tendering process for the hydrocarbon terminal and the tug service was opened, and the contract for the first container terminal was awarded.
During 2005, the contract for the second container terminal, the hydrocarbon dock and the tug service will be awarded. The following will also be established: the Tanger-Med Port Authority, the Tanger-Med Free Trade Areas Investment Company, and the Tanger-Med Free Trade Areas Authority.
The port construction works are planned for completion in 2006; while in 2007 the area's superstructures, land and railway connections will be completed. The commissioning of the port is also planned for July 2007, as is the beginning of work in the Logistics free trade area.
First container terminal and tendering process for the second
On 23 November 2004, the Tanger Méditerranée Special Agency (TMSA) awarded the contract for the first container terminal in the Tanger-Med port the consortium formed by APM Terminals, a company belonging to A.P. Moller-Maersk Group and Akwa Holding. The concession, in which the Maersk group has a 90% holding, is valid for a 30-year period. The consortium which will run the terminal will also the invest a total of 120 million Euros until 2007, and this figure will reach 150 million Euros in 2010. The first container terminal in the Tanger-Med port is 40 hectares in area, with an 800-metre dock.
After the contract for the first container terminal was awarded, in December 2004 TMSA decided to begin the tendering process for the second terminal, and the same bidders as in the first tender process were able to take part in this second tender, except for the consortium winning the contract for the first terminal. Among other offers, the group consisting of CMA-CGM, Evergreen, P&O Ports and Terminal Link was a bidder.
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