Tanger Med boosts automobile throughput and cuts emissions
The port additionally dealt with a smaller quantity of imports and transhipments (see desk).
Tanger Med port advanced is immediately linked by rail to the Renault plant at Tanger Med and the Stellantis plant in Kenitra. Renault’s plant is the most important automobile meeting plant in Africa, with autos certain for home gross sales and for export to Europe. Stellantis additionally exports a share of its manufacturing.
STVA subsidiary Groupe Cat is managing each automobile terminals on the port.
To help the quantity of auto throughput on the port, which has capability to deal with 1m autos yearly, Tanger Med Port Authority has given approval for the development of a multistorey automotive park with capability for 3,250 items. The primary part of building was accomplished final yr, including 2,400 areas, and an extra 850 areas can be accomplished by 2024.
The extra capability offered by the multistorey automotive park has helped the port take care of congestion and help its adjoining carmakers at a time when element shortages (together with semiconductors) have made automobile manufacturing risky. That has resulted in saturation at plant storage areas as incomplete autos await ultimate parts. The easing of elements shortages has additionally helped restore full manufacturing, additionally resulting in congestion on the ports, a scenario compounded by the present scarcity of ro-ro vessels capability.
“The shut collaboration and fixed communication with the automotive vegetation relating to manufacturing and logistics planning has given all events concerned [greater] visibility and forecasts to anticipate congestion,” mentioned a spokesperson for Tanger Med Group.
| Car dealing with at Tanger Med port in 2022 | |
|---|---|
|
Imports
|
21,427
|
|
Exports
inc:
Renault
Stellantis
|
419,505
295,393
124, 112
|
|
Transhipment
|
37,657
|
|
Complete
|
478,589 (+11%)
|
Electrical exports
Stellantis is at present exporting battery electrical autos (BEVs) via the port within the type of the Citroën AMI and the Opel Rocks-E. Renault can be planning to start out manufacturing of its Mobilize Duo BEV on the Tanger Med plant this yr. In help of these BEV exports and different EV dealing with the port is investing in supporting logistics infrastructure, together with charging amenities.
Tanger Med Group can be working to scale back its personal emissions and has a plan to achieve 100% zero-carbon operations by 2030. That features the availability of electrical energy from renewable sources for all customers of the port advanced and higher effectivity in the usage of the vitality provided. The port can be changing all port providers autos with EVs and placing in infrastructure to help the transition to hydrogen derived from renewable or low-carbon sources. Tanger Med Group can be establishing a system to get better and use wastewater as a part of its efforts to base operations on a round economic system.
Tier suppliers at Tanger Med
Tanger Med Port Advanced can be residence to a big industrial platform comprising greater than 120 automotive tier suppliers offering elements to
carmakers in Morocco, in addition to exporting them to 17 carmaker meeting websites abroad. These embody vegetation run by Ford, Renault, Stellantis, Volvo and VW. Tanger Med Group mentioned that 11 of the world’s 20 largest suppliers are situated in Tanger Med Port Advanced, together with these supplying wiring, steel stamping, automobile interiors and plastic injection. They embody Lear, Martur Fompak Worldwide, Polydesign, Prettle Group, TE Connectivity, Varoc and Valeo. Collectively the tier suppliers at Tanger Med represented whole automotive exports value $9.5 billion final yr.
“These producers additionally benefit from Tanger Med port advanced’s proximity and its logistics providing, together with its maritime connections to export to European markets,” mentioned the spokesperson for Tanger Med Group.
