Giant french company selected for construction of Tangier port

Morocco announced on Monday that it will conduct exclusive negotiations with French Bouygues Group for the construction of a new port near the northern city of Tangiers.

The negotiations are expected to lead by next March to the conclusion of a convention and documents related to the construction and operation of the Tanger-Atlantique Port, 20 km south of the city.

Construction works are to start during the first three months of 2000 and are expected to take 3 years and half, the equipment ministry said. The project will require an investment of $ 400 million.

The project is destined to unblock the present port, located in downtown Tangier, divert commercial and industrial traffick towards the new port. The present port will be exclusively used for tourism and cruises in and from Tangiers, a major tourism and transit city.