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On the operational level, the Agency has demonstrated a
regulatory agility in the face of the occasional surge, in the
aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis, and in some traffic, including Medi1TV: Presentation of
that of cereals. the measures adopted at
the level of Moroccan ports
to deal with the significant
Record increase in cereal imports increase in cereal imports at
the end of August 2020.
and great responsiveness in the
implementation of specific provisions
Starting of the effective operation
Faced with a strong rebound of cereal imports in the
aftermath of the outbreak of the health crisis, the national of the New Port of Safi
ports had to quickly adapt their regulatory scheme in order to
guarantee the supply continuity of this strategic commodity, The New Port of Safi has become operational since February
under the best conditions, thanks to the operational measures 22nd, 2020. The Agency, in addition to the investment efforts
implemented by the Agency to ensure a smooth port transit carried out in order to finalize the infrastructure and build
and to mobilize all stakeholders. the superstructures, has undertaken the necessary regulatory
measures, in particular by granting the authorizations for the
The measures adopted included daily collaboration between exercise of towing and pilotage public services.
the Agency’s departments and the grain sector’s stakeholders
as well as the extension of the reception capacity and ships
handling through increasing the number of docks for the
handling of cereal ships to (i) five and even seven stations
in the Port of Casablanca (instead of the two specialized silo
stations dedicated to this traffic) and (ii) two stations in the
other ports (instead of one silo post).

Interview of Mrs. Nadia
LARAKI, the Agency’s SNRT-Aloula covering the handling
Director General, with the of a coal ship in compliance with the
newspaper ‘AL-ARAB’ about Covid-19 preventive measures.
the ability of Moroccan ports Messaoud ACHBAD and Rachid QADI IDRISSI, ,
to meet the challenge of respectively Regional Director of the Ports of Safi and
Harbor Master of the New Port of Safi explaining the
continuous operation during A coal carrier assisted evolution of the traffics and the measures adopted to
the Covid-19 crisis. by three tugs entering ensure the continuity of the activities in compliance
the port. with the Covid-19 preventive protocol.

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