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February 25, 2011
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- Cooperation agreement between the ports of Genoa and Tanger Med
- It aims at the development of maritime services and ro-ro passenger ships between the two airports
 Today in the port of Tanger Med president and CEO of the Agence Spéciale Tanger Méditerranée (TMSA), Toufiq Ibrahimi, the chairman of the Port Authority of Genoa, Luigi Merlo, and April Franco, President of the Liguria International, the financial partner 's Italian port authority, signed a cooperation agreement between the Moroccan port and the port of Genoa.
- The agreement is primarily to developments in maritime ro-ro and passenger ships between the two airports and provides for the creation of a joint working group would be set up to consider the logistical problems identified by the port authorities and to make proposals for streamline and improve the traffic between the two ports.
- Furthermore, the agreement provides that the partners participate in trade missions organized by common interest in Italy and Morocco with the aim of promoting the ro-ro traffic between the two ports and to present the logistical advantages offered by the links Tanger Med - Genova.The new port of Tanger Med converge since November last ferry services to Genoa (three weekly scheduled services), which climbed above the port of Tangier.
- "After the agreements of Tunisia and Jordan - said the president of the port of Genoa, Luigi Merlo - Tangier today we signed an agreement that makes Genoa natural trait d'union between Europe and North Africa. In Tangier I found a warm welcome and a desire to grow our relationship. But I also saw an extraordinary infrastructure to become the first in the Mediterranean with regard to the transhipment, with a capacity of eight million TEUs regime and seven million passengers. "
- Merlo has revealed that the opportunities offered by Genoa Tanger Med connections should give pause to those who criticize the intention of the Port Authority to build a port for shipping links with North Africa in the port of Voltri. "I think if those who objected to the new ferry terminal Voltri saw Tangier - said - possibly alter their opinion."
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