Higher fuel costs have added further pressure on freight rates due to longer voyages via the Cape of Good Hope, Aarabi said.
Carriers have introduced war-risk, emergency conflict and deviation surcharges of between $1,500 and $3,300 per standard container, with fees rising to as much as $4,000 for specialised equipment, he said.
Tanger Med outperformed Mediterranean peers with 11.1 million containers handled in 2025, up 8.4 per cent from a year earlier, and has route connections to more than 180 ports worldwide.
(Reporting by Ahmed El Jechtimi; Editing by Susan Fenton)