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At the moment outfitted with 43 ports, together with 14 open to worldwide commerce, guaranteeing greater than 96% of the nation’s overseas commerce, Morocco will strengthen these ports with the initiatives of the port of Nador within the west of the Mediterranean and the port of Dakhla on the Atlantic, mentioned Mr. Abdeljalil, who was talking on the thirty third session of the Meeting of the Worldwide Maritime Group (IMO).
Thanks to those infrastructures, which adjust to IMO requirements, Morocco information distinctive maritime exercise, ensuing within the transport of greater than 195 million tonnes of products, 5 million passengers and a million autos annually, a- he detailed.
And added that round 9 million containers are processed in ports connecting Morocco to 80 nations and 180 ports all over the world, inserting the Kingdom twentieth on the earth by way of maritime connectivity, notably because of the Tanger Med port complicated. .
The Will of His Majesty King Mohammed VI to strengthen the Atlantic dimension of the Kingdom, in parallel with Morocco’s sturdy hyperlink with Europe, throughout the Mediterranean, will make the Atlantic facade a door to Africa and a window for the opening of Morocco in the direction of the American house, famous the minister.
“The target is to rework this facade into an area of human communication, financial integration, continental and worldwide affect, along with facilitating the connection between the totally different elements of this coast, in addition to offering technique of transport and logistics stations,” he underlined.
Moreover, Mr. Abdeljalil welcomed the adoption by the Group of a technique geared toward overcoming the issue of greenhouse gasoline emissions, as a part of a collective dedication of its members in favor of an trade sustainable and environmentally pleasant transport.
The Minister additionally highlighted the efforts made by the assorted committees to develop a regulatory framework for autonomous maritime vessels, which demonstrates the Group’s openness to cutting-edge applied sciences to form the way forward for operations maritime.
“As well as, worldwide technical cooperation, alternate of information and practices, capability constructing in experience, sources and operational abilities, in addition to the institution of a platform to realize the outlined aims within the strategic plan, represent important components by way of which IMO can play a central function in bridging disparities between nations,” he noticed.
Furthermore, Morocco offers helpful technical contributions, by way of the assorted organs of the group and participates within the reform efforts of the Council and within the improvement of the group’s strategic plan for the interval 2024-2029, recalled Mr. Abdeljalil, noting that the Kingdom frequently upholds the core values of the United Nations, actively selling girls’s empowerment and linguistic variety throughout the group, whereas selling equitable regional illustration.
Morocco is taking part within the thirty third session of the IMO Meeting, which continues till December 6, with a high-level delegation led by the Minister of Transport and Logistics, and composed of officers from the ministry and public institutions and firms working within the maritime transport sector.
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