The Nador West Med industrial port is around 45% full, and builders anticipate completing the mission by the top of 2022.
Development is underway within the strategic bay of Betoya, 30 kilometers from the city of Nador. The mission features a new port infrastructure and an industrial, logistics, and repair-free zone.
The primary part of the Nador West Med port will encompass a primary dike, or a barrier used to control or maintain water from the ocean, of 4,300 meters and a secondary dike of 1,200 meters again. The primary part may also embody a container quay, or dock, of 1,520 meters that may accommodate the biggest container ships. There may also be a quay for essential items of 600 meters, accommodating the biggest service provider ships.
The Nador West Med port may also have three oil posts for oil and chemical tankers with capacities of as much as 170,000 tons.
It should additionally embody a specialized 360-meter quay for stable bulk merchandise, a quay for roll-off/roll-on passenger ships equivalent to ferries, and a 360-meter service quay.
“Tasks to attach the brand new port to the motorway community and the railway will quickly be launched to deliver collectively all of the circumstances crucial to higher assist the brand new financial dynamic,” stated Morocco’s Minister of Logistics, Abdelkader Amara, throughout a go to to the development website.
The minister visited the positioning to mark a new building on the nationwide highway N15.
The development involves widening the highway from six to 9 meters and strengthening the prevailing pavement.
The 13-month mission will value MAD 133 million ($13.8 million).
