The National Ports Agency (ANP) of Morocco revealed in a press release that the port traffic recorded a decrease by 8.9% by the end of February 2020, compared to the same period last year.
According to the same source, the volume of port traffic in the mentioned period reached only 13.6 million tonnes, 8.5 million tonnes (-8.5%) of imports, while exports recorded a decrease of 7.6%, with a volume of 4.7 million tonnes.
Cabotage cargo volumes totaled 430,438 tonnes, down by 19.7% compared to the same period in 2020, according to the same source.
The ports of Mohammedia, Casablanca, and Jorf Lasfar accounted for 76% of overall traffic as 10.4 million tonnes transited through these three ports.
The constant Coronavirus pandemic repercussions are still the main cause of the decrease in port traffic in Morocco as in the whole world.
