{"id":92798,"date":"2025-05-11T13:15:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T13:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/92798\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T13:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T13:15:12","slug":"spains-port-official-commends-moroccos-advanced-port-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/92798\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain\u2019s Port Official Commends Morocco\u2019s Advanced Port Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rabat \u2013 Santiago J. Castella Surribas, the president of the Port of Tarragona in Spain, commended Morocco\u2019s port infrastructure, noting that the North African country has made remarkable development in this sector.<\/p>\n

Over the past 25 years, Morocco<\/a> has made significant strides in modernizing the country\u2019s infrastructure to secure a key position in international trade, he said.<\/p>\n

He made his remarks during a meeting with Morocco\u2019s ambassador to Spain, Karima Benyaich, where he stressed Morocco\u2019s strategic positioning of its global trade infrastructure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During the meeting, he also called for strengthening cooperation between Spain and Morocco in order to fully leverage the shared opportunities available to both countries for mutually beneficial development.<\/p>\n

Benyaich made several meetings with other Spanish officials, including the Mayor of Tarragona and the Mayor of Cambrils, as well as the Spanish government\u2019s deputy delegate in Tarragona, with discussions focusing on the Moroccan diaspora\u2019s significant role in Catalonia.<\/p>\n

Morocco hosts major ports, including the Tanger Med Port. This particular port finished the 2024 fiscal year with a revenue of $1.212 billion, a marked increase of 12.3 % compared to 2023.<\/p>\n

It handled 10.24 million twenty-foot equivalent units, reaffirming its standing as a regional hub and its role as a key platform for national imports and exports.<\/p>\n

A recent ranking by Alphaliner placed the Moroccan port 17th worldwide, reflecting the port\u2019s strength and importance<\/a> as a regional and international leader.<\/p>\n

In the past few years, many Spanish media outlets have been concerned about the Moroccan port\u2019s performance, which has been outperforming major international hubs in the European country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

El Pa\u00eds was among the international media that conveyed these concerns, especially in 2021, when the Spanish news outlet said that Morocco\u2019s hub performance reflected a \u201cnegative\u201d impact on Spanish ports.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpain has been losing ground since King Mohammed VI inaugurated this infrastructure in 2007,\u201d El Pa\u00eds wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rabat \u2013 Santiago J. Castella Surribas, the president of the Port of Tarragona in Spain, commended Morocco\u2019s port…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,43834,104,43835],"class_list":{"0":"post-92798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-relations-between-spain-and-morocco","11":"tag-spain","12":"tag-spain-and-morocco-relations"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114489388158277176","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}