MarsaMaroc

Société d'Exploitation des Ports
trading as:
Marsa Maroc
Industry Port Management
Fate Active company.
Founded December 2006
Headquarters Morocco
Key people
 Mohammed ABDELJALIL (chairman executive board)
Mr Abdelaziz RABBAH, The minister of Equipment and Transport (chairman supervisory board).
Number of employees
 2247 (2012)
Website http://www.marsamaroc.co.ma/en

Marsa Maroc is the main operator of ports in Morocco. Its legal status is a Société Anonyme (Plc.) with an Executive board chaired by Mohammed Abdeljalil and a supervisory board chaired by the Minister of Equipment and Transport. The official company name is Société d'Exploitation des Ports while Marsa Maroc is its trading name.

History

The company was formed in December 2006 as part of law 15/02 which handles a reform of the Moroccan ports. Prior to forming Marsa Maroc the state company ODEP was responsible for the management of the ports, but by introducing the new setup there is a 'Agence National' that regulates the industry and Société d'Exploitation des Ports handles the commercial (daily) exploitation of the ports.
In 2007 the trade-name Marsa Maroc was introduced. In 2007 and 2008 the company created its business and strategic plans for the future. These plans are called CAP15. These plans are based on establishing container terminals in Moroccan ports and to set up strategic partnerships in loose bulk and oil industries.
In 2009 an important step was made to follow up the CAP15 plans. In June 2009 is signed a 30-year concession between Marsa Maroc and TMSA in regards to Container Terminal 4 in the (new) port of Tanger Med. Under the agreement Marsa Maroc commits itself to implementing all the superstructures and equipment necessary to operate the terminal. CT4 will provide a 2,250,000 TEU multi-user terminal with 1200-meter quays with a water depth of 16 meters.
Also in 2009 another 'post-reform' milestone was reached in the Port of Casablanca.
On 29 March 2010, the King, Mohammed VI, started the construction of a terminal for processing and storing cars. This development, which involves an investment of 168 million Dirhams, will create a 75,000 m2 covered area capable of handling 5000 units.
On 22 December 2011, the King inaugurated the new port Jorf Lasfar on the Atlantic coast, south of El Jadida. This deep-water commercial port.

Key figures

The company managers 9 ports: 7 in Morocco and two in Western Sahara, which is claimed by Morocco. It has a registered share capital of 733.956.000 MAD, a trunover of 1952 million MAD and a global traffic of 35.5 million tons. Per end of 2011 it had 2.247 staff.[1]

The managed ports

Marsa Maroc operates 7 ports in Morocco and 2 ports in the Western Sahara, which is claimed by Morocco. The ports are:

Dakhla

The port of Dakhla is a relative small port with main products being liquid bulk and fish. It employs 22 people and the traffic volume was 311,000 tons.
It offer 300 meter of quays with 8 meter depth, 2 mobile cranes and facilities for the fishing fleet.[2] The manager of the port of Dakhla doesn't report directly to the chairman of the Executive board, but reports to the manager of the Port of Laâyoune:[3]

Laâyoune

Laâyoune or El Aaiún is the capital of the Western Sahara. The port is operated by Marsa Maroc. The port offers 3 terminals: Quay 1,2 and 4.[4]

Agadir

The port of Agadir has 4 terminals/quays. Its total turnover is 3 million tons and over 127,000 containers. It offers employment to 230 staff.[5] The four quays/terminals are:

Safi

The port of Safi has an annual turnover of 2.6 million tons, 148 members of staff and has 3 terminals. The main products handled in this port are: sulfur, barytes, zinc and carbon[6]

Jorf Lasfar

The Jorf Lasfar port is close to the city of El Jadida. The port was originally built to export phosphates and other minerals. Today it mainly handles solid and liquid bulk goods where the most important products include oil, scrap-metals and fertilizers. It has 139 staff. The port has 3 terminals:[7]

Cap Blanc du Nord, the lighthouse at the entrance of the port, is known to be not reliable, with its light occasionally going out.[8]

Casablanca

The Port of Casablanca is one of the largest artificial ports in the world.[9] The port has 4 terminals with a total turnover of 9,6 million tons of cargo, 600.000 TUE. It offers employment to 1200 people and the main products handled by the port are: ores, steel products, sugar, wood and derivatives. The goods are transported as containers, dry-bulk or Ro-Ro.
The four terminals are[10]

Mohammedia

The port of Mohammedia has a turnover of 12 million tons and offers employment to 130 people. The port specializes in liquid bulk goods or petro-chemicals.[11] The port is divided in two main terminals:

Tanger Med

Tanger-Med is a port in the Mediterranean, some 40 km East of the city of Tanger. The port started operation in 2007 and by volume it is to become the largest port in the Mediterranean as well as the largest port of Africa. Since the opening in 2007 - with an initial capacity of 3,5 million containers and reaching its maximum capacity of 8,5 million by 2015[12] the port has grown over the years, with a serious setback in 2011 when it was hit by several strikes. Besides the container terminal other important usage are the ferry connections to Spain and the export of cars via a large plant of Renault: between January and August 2013 some 86000 Renault vehilcles as well as 15000 cars of other makes were exported via Tanger Med[13]

Marsa Maroc operates the 'general cargo' terminal in Tanger Med. Other terminals are operated by 3rd parties under long-term contracts with Marsa. The terminal operated by Marsa employs 74 people and has a turnover of 300.000 ton.[14] The terminal offers 568 meter quays with a water-depth between 12 and 15 meter. A storage hangar of 5000 m2 is available on 9,3 ha terrain. Two mobile cranes with capacities of 45 and 63 tons and 17 forklifts are available to handle cereals and general heavy goods.

Nador Port

The most Western port managed by Marsa Maroc is Nador Port. This port, which shares the piers and lagoon of the (larger) port of the Spanish enclave Melilla. The port is actually located in Beni Ansar, 10 km. East of Nador city. The port has three terminals:[15]

From the offices of the Port of Nador Marsa Maroc also manages Gare Maritime de Al Hoceima which (only) consists of a lobby of 1,500 m2 and 2,700 m2 of shaded surfaces. No maritime equipment is managed by Marsa Maroc in Al Hoceima.

Organisation

Marsa Maroc has two governing bodies: the Supervisory Board and the Executive board. The latter is responsible for the daily operations. The chairman of the Executive board is Mr. Mohammed Abdeljualil. The company has two 'organisation models': one 'general' one where responsibilities and reporting is based on function and a 2nd organisation model is based on the ports under Marsa management. The 'core management' consists of the chairman and four managers:[3]

Another 6 manager for issues like human-resources, IT, legal, technical etc. also report to the Chair of the Executive board.

Besides this organisational chart based on function there are also managers for each port under Marsa operation who report directly to mr. Mohammed Abdeljualil (except for the port of Dakhla, as that is seen as a division of the port of Laâyoune)[3]

Services

Besides managing the port itself and making the loading equipment available Marsa Maroc also offer additional services to ships using its ports. These services include:

On top of these 'vessel related services' Marsa Maroc can also offer additional services in relation to the handling of the goods. In cooperation with Marsa Maroc customers can agree on additional services when handling their cargo[16]

Annual Reports

As a Plc the company publishes its annual reports in Arabic, French and English[17] and in co-operation with the ANP (Agence National de Ports) it also publishes detailed information on the turnover. These figures are detailed on both type of product and on the port/location. These last reports are not available in English but are published in Franch. The most recent report is the ANP report over 2012[18]

References

  1. ↑ Annual Report of 2011, downloaded: 30 October 2013
  2. ↑ Marsa website on Dakhla (French), visited: 30 October 2013
  3. 1 2 3 English-language version of the Marsa Maroc website: Organisational Chart, visited 30 October 2013
  4. 1 2 Marsa website detailing facilities at La Ayoune (French), visited: 30 October 2013
  5. ↑ All details from: Marsa website on Port of Agadir, (French), visited: 29 October 2013
  6. ↑ All details from Marsa Maroc website on the Port of Safi, (French), 30 October 2013
  7. ↑ All details taken from Marsa Maroc website on Jorf-Lasfar, (French), 30 October 2013
  8. ↑ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005: West Coast of Europe and Northwest Africa (2005). ProStar Publications. p. 204. ISBN 1-57785-660-0. Google Books. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  9. ↑ Looklex on Casablanca, visited: 27 October 2013
  10. ↑ All details from Marsa Maroc website on the Port of Casablanca, Retrieved 30 October 2013
  11. ↑ All details from Marsa Marco website on the port of Mohammedia, (French), visited: 29 October 2013
  12. ↑ magharebia.com Newsletter:Tangier-Med port to be operational in July, 18 May 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2013
  13. ↑ Ansa Med website: Morocco's booming Tanger Med port a huge success, 11 September 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013
  14. ↑ Marsa Maroc website on Tanger Med, Retrieved 30 October 2013
  15. ↑ All details from the Marsa Maroc website on Nador Port, (French), Retrieved 30 October 2013
  16. ↑ Marsa website Our services, Retrieved 29 October 2013
  17. ↑ Overview of publications, visited 30 October 2013
  18. ↑ Annual Reports of the Agence National des Ports, 2012, Retrieved: 30 October 2013
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