It is a long way in every sense from the green hillside location of Tangier’s container terminals to the patch of desert that has become Dubai’s huge Jebel Ali port. But the developers of the Tangier-Med port complex have taken much of their inspiration from the Gulf facility.
Their hopes of emulating the success of Jebel Ali, which last year was the world’s sixth-busiest container port, rest on an area behind the terminals set aside for manufacturing and distribution developments.
It is intended to function like the huge “freezone” that has grown around the Jebel Ali port – an area that is outside the United Arab Emirates for customs purposes. Products are assembled and stored there for distribution throughout the Gulf region. They can be moved freely into and out of the port without having to clear customs and can be quickly sent almost anywhere in the world: as a major trans-shipment port, Jebel Ali boasts frequent, regular connections to other ports around the Arabian Gulf and to major destinations all round the world.
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