Morocco Tangier Port, is one of the biggest ports across Africa, and recently its top 20 globally. Morocco’s Tanger Med breaks into top 20 ports

The port in the Mediterranean continues to capitalise on its position as the gateway to Africa, and is surging ahead of major global competitors such as Hamburg.

As the gateway to Africa, Tanger Med (TPMA) – the largest port in the Mediterranean by container volume – handles more than 40% of transhipment traffic to the continent. And now it has placed 19th in the latest annual ranking of the world’s 500 largest ports, published last month by maritime consultancy Alphaliner.

The ranking is based on the number of containers passing through the world’s main trading ports, and the number of containers is expressed in millions of 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs).

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