In English Dans le cadre de la stratégie générale de développement économique du royaume, le Maroc poursuit ses efforts visant à une amélioration et à une expansion considérables de son infrastructure portuaire régionale, suite au succès du port et de la zone franche de Tanger-Med. A l’heure actuelle, près de 98% du commerce extérieur marocain passe par les ports – soit plus de…
La Chambre Française de Commerce et d’Industrie du Maroc (CFCIM) organise KIMIA AFRICA, le salon des Matières Premières et des Technologies pour la Chimie et la Parachimie, du 6 au 8 octobre 2015 au Parc de l’Office des Changes de Casablanca. Les professionnels des secteurs dulaboratoire, de l’agroalimentaire, de la pharmacie, des détergents, des peintures et colles, du gaz et pétrole,…
Sous le Haut Patronage de S.M. le Roi Mohammed VI, l'édition 2015 du salon elec expo, Ener Event et Tronica Expo regroupe plus de deux cents exposants nationaux et internationaux d’une vingtaine de pays principalement européens et asiatiques ; et prévoit d’accueillir près de 7000 visiteurs professionnels. Grace à la haute sollicitude royale renouvelée pour la 3eme année consécutive, l’événement…
Alongside efforts to develop transport infrastructure, Moroccan authorities are working to improve efficiency and bring down the costs for shipping, transport and distribution. A set of new measures – ranging from road interchanges to specialised industrial zones – are aiming to reduce logistics costs from the current 20% of GDP to 15% over the coming years. Under the National Strategy for…
Port infrastructure in Morocco has been benefitting from upgrade work for several years now. In 2014 the total cargo traffic passing through the kingdom’s ports reached some 115.1m tonnes, up from 92.3m tonnes in 2012. Much of this increase was the result of a new, overarching development plan, the Port Strategy 2030, which was put together by transport authorities in 2010 to map out the country’s…
Adapting to the opportunities and challenges of a growing economy, Morocco’s transport sector has improved significantly in recent years, benefitting from an influx of capital and a number of major upgrades. While there is still scope for further improvement, private investment initiatives have contributed to the government-led development programme, and more importantly, been maintained despite…
What are some of the main challenges to reducing costs and improving productivity? BENHIMA: The global downturn of 2009-11 affected Royal Air Maroc, much as it did other international carriers. To ride out the recession and climbing oil prices, we needed to make a major transformation and, as a national carrier, we faced stiff competition from lowcost airlines. Cost-cutting was our main strategy…
What is being done to improve port facilities? LARAKI: The ANP plans to invest Dh6bn (€652m) in order to develop the port area. In this programme, ANP will accomplish the Wessal project which aims to expand the Casablanca port. To free up space for development, we first need to relocate the ship repair facilities and the fishing port. To support the focus on tourism and create the dedicated…
Alongside efforts to develop transport infrastructure, Moroccan authorities are working to improve efficiency and bring down the costs for shipping, transport and distribution. A set of new measures – ranging from road interchanges to specialised industrial zones – are aiming to reduce logistics costs from the current 20% of GDP to 15% over the coming years. Under the National Strategy for…
Port infrastructure in Morocco has been benefitting from upgrade work for several years now. In 2014 the total cargo traffic passing through the kingdom’s ports reached some 115.1m tonnes, up from 92.3m tonnes in 2012. Much of this increase was the result of a new, overarching development plan, the Port Strategy 2030, which was put together by transport authorities in 2010 to map out the country’s…
