Sitting on the Strait of Gibraltar, Tangier-Med has become the busiest container port in the Mediterranean and a strategic gateway between Europe and Africa.
**Tangier-Med** is the deep-water port complex perched on the **Strait of Gibraltar**, just 14 kilometres from Spain. Inaugurated in 2007 and progressively expanded, it has become the **largest container port in the Mediterranean** and one of the top 20 in the world.
**A Strategic Position:**
Located on one of the world's busiest shipping lanes — through which roughly 20% of global maritime traffic passes — Tangier-Med offers ships an obvious stopover between Asia, Europe, the Americas and West Africa.
**#1 in the Mediterranean Since 2021:**
With the commissioning of **Tangier-Med II** in 2019, the complex's container capacity grew above **9 million TEU** (twenty-foot equivalent units). Since 2021, it has consistently ranked as the **busiest container port in the Mediterranean basin**, surpassing historic European hubs.
**An Automotive Export Powerhouse:**
Tangier-Med is also a major automotive gateway: it ships out the cars assembled at the nearby **Renault Tanger** factory in Melloussa and supports the new **Stellantis** plant in Kenitra, making Morocco one of the largest car exporters in Africa.
**An Industrial Ecosystem:**
The port anchors a vast **free zone** that hosts more than **1,100 companies** in automotive, aeronautics, textiles and logistics, employing tens of thousands of workers and integrating Morocco into global supply chains.
**A Gateway Between Two Continents:**
By turning the Strait of Gibraltar into a major hub, Tangier-Med has redefined Morocco's place in international trade — a tangible expression of the kingdom's strategy to act as a bridge between Europe and Africa.