Tanger Med has joined the world’s Top 20 container ports, according to the latest benchmark ranking published this March by the maritime analysis company Alphaliner.
Tanger Med has climbed 3 places in this ranking and is now ranked 19th out of 500 container ports worldwide, according to Alphaliner.
The Kingdom thus joins the select club of 12 other countries in the Global Top 20, alongside China, Singapore, Korea, America, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Thailand, Taiwan, and Vietnam. It is the 1st African country to join this Global Top 20.
In 2023, Tanger Med, whose inclusion in the Global Top 20 was scheduled for 2027, surpassed major ports such as New York and Hamburg, ranked 21st and 22nd worldwide, respectively.
At the European level, it has overtaken the 3rd ranked port in Europe, after the port of Rotterdam (13th) and Antwerp/Bruges (15th).
According to Alphaliner’s rankings, Tanger Med also had the 2nd best annual percentage growth in the Global Top 20 in 2023, with an increase of +13.4%, after Qingdao (16.9%).
