King of Morocco chairs a strategic meeting before the Nador West Med port’s operational launch

On Wednesday, January 28, 2026, the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, chaired a working meeting at the Royal Palace of Casablanca dedicated to the new Nador West Med port and industrial complex, in the run-up to its operational launch scheduled for the fourth quarter of the year.

This meeting is part of the Royal Vision to secure the national economy with global value chains, through the development of international port infrastructure. On this occasion, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nador West Med, Fouad Brini, gave a detailed presentation on the progress of the project and the achievements to date.

After the international success of Tangier Med, which has become the first port hub in Africa and the Mediterranean, Nador West Med comes to extend this strategic ambition, with a view to building an integrated, efficient and complementary national port system, serving economic competitiveness, job creation and balanced territorial development.

Designed as an integrated project, Nador West Med is based on a next-generation port complex backed by a vast industrial, logistics and energy platform. The project mobilized, at this stage, 51 billion dirhams of public and private investment. The basic port infrastructure is completed: 5.4 km of dykes, 4 linear km of docks and four energy stations.

The concession contracts for the two container terminals have been signed and their commissioning will gradually take place this year. The port will also develop a strategic energy hub, including the first Moroccan terminal of liquefied natural gas, with an annual capacity of 5 billion m3, as well as a hydrocarbon terminal, responding directly to the challenges of energy sovereignty of the Kingdom.

At the start, Nador West Med will have an annual capacity of 5 million containers and 35 million tonnes of liquid and solid bulk. Ultimately, its additional potential will reach 12 million containers and 15 million tonnes of liquid bulk.

The project also foresees the deployment of new areas of activity, over an area of 700 hectares in a first phase, with already the installation of first international operators. The confirmed private investments, estimated at 20 billion dirhams, reflect the confidence of leading maritime and industrial players in the potential of Morocco.

At the end of the meeting, the Sovereign gave His High Instructions to guarantee an optimal start of the project, accelerate the implementation of dedicated training programs, support investors and facilitate the professional integration of young people. He also stressed the need to ensure economic benefits for all the provinces concerned, through territorial upgrading programmes and a multidimensional action plan preserving the future development of the complex.

The meeting took place in the presence of the Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, the Minister of Economy and Finance, Nadia Fettah, the Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, the Minister of Industry and Trade, Ryad Mezzour, the Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leila Benali, and the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

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