On the south bank of the Gibraltar’s Strait 40 km east of Tangiers city, the Morocco authorities have launched the construction of a new harbor, to favor the economical development of the North region and to improve the relationship between Morocco and the Euro-Mediterranean area.

The main functions of the harbor are:
- Getting a part of the traffic of the containers transshipment
- Developing the traffic of trucks
- Rationalizing the affectation of the cereals traffic
- Serving the Tangiers hinterland with refined oil products
- Clearing the city of Tangiers, in order to turn its activity more to the tourism and make it as a pole of a cultural center.

The works are performed by a joint venture company (SRPTM) constituted by:
- BOUYGUES-TP
- SAI PEM-SA
- BYMARO (Morocco subsidiary company of Bouygues-BI)