Spanish police seize tons of smuggled hashish
Spanish police say they have arrested 14 suspected drug smugglers and confiscated 3,700 kilos of hashish in a drug bust in southern Spain.
Police said Saturday they also confiscated three speedboats, a fishing boat and a yacht they suspected the gang used to smuggle the drugs from Morocco to the Cadiz region of Spain across the Strait of Gibraltar.
The police say the arrested suspects include the two leaders of the ring, who “handled contacting the Moroccan [drug] suppliers.”
The police operation began in November 2016. Police arrested two alleged members in February, four more in March, and the remaining eight at a later unspecified date.
The Cadiz province, 14 kilometers from North Africa, amounts to 40 percent of the drugs entering Spain, according to Spain’s Interior Ministry.
Spain Rescues 476 Migrants Crossing Mediterranean Sea
Spain’s maritime rescue service says it has saved 476 migrants in a two-day span who were attempting the perilous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea from African shores.
The service says it pulled the migrants from 15 small boats on Friday and Saturday. There were no reported casualties, AP reported.
Favorable weather in the Strait of Gibraltar appears to have sparked the surge in sea crossings.
Each year, tens of thousands of migrants attempt to reach Spain and other southern European countries by crossing the Mediterranean in smugglers’ boats. Most of the vessels are unfit for open water, and thousands of migrants drown each year.
The UN says 615 migrants have died crossing the Mediterranean so far this year. A total of 22,439 migrants have reached European shores, with 4,409 arriving in Spain, through the first four months of 2018.
SXD Energy,, has completed a new gas discovery in Morocco.
SXD Energy, a British company specializing in hydrocarbon exploration, has completed a new gas discovery in Morocco. The company announced on Monday that it has found conventional natural gas in its LMS-1 exploration well on the Lalla Mimouna (Rabat-Salé-Kenitra) permit, of which it holds a 75% stake. “The LMS-1 well was drilled to a total depth of 1,158 m […] and met 16.4 m of net conventional oil sands with an average porosity of 32% in a supercharged section”, explains SDX Energy.
The drilling revealed heavier gas indices in addition to the potential presence of liquid hydrocarbons in the section, the company said. The well will be punctured and tested soon, while testing will be done approximately 30 days after the rig is removed. As a reminder, SXD had to drill nine wells on the Lalla Mimouna and Sebou permits. Some were unsuccessful.
Ultra Large MSC Tina sails,Crossing the shipping lanes in the Straits of…
물류 : 모로코 농업 식품 수출의 핵심 플랫폼 인 Tangier Med
2016 ~ 2017 년 기간 동안 영국의 곡물 수출은 280 만 톤으로 지난 4 년간 연평균 8 % 증가했다. 유럽을 향한 수출량은 통행량 2.2 MT, 가치면에서 37 MMDH (Office des changes)였다. 대상 국가는 프랑스가 770 KT (10 MMDH), 스페인이 533 KT (13.5 MMDH), 러시아가 337 KT (1.7 MMDH)입니다.
같은 기간 아프리카에서의 모로코 농식품 수출량은 0.5 톤, 5.5 MMDH에 달했다. 톤수면에서 볼 때 2017 년 아프리카로 수출 된 주요 제품은 설탕과 꿀, 생선 제품, 과일과 채소가 들어있는 설탕으로 주로 구성되었다. 가치 측면에서 볼 때 어업 제품은 모로코가 아프리카에 수출하는 가치의 약 47 %를 차지합니다. 모리 타니 아, 세네갈, 리비아 및 코트 디부 아르가 대량 구매자이며, 남아공, 가나 및 나이지리아는 가치 측면에서 주요 수혜자입니다.
Tanger Med는 여러 공간 (관리 건물, 거주 공간, 창고 창고, 굴착 부두, 온도 조절 된 육안 검사 구역, 이중 스캐너 터널 등)로 구성된 19 헥타르의 수출 전용 인프라를 제공합니다. 보초 상자 및 검문소 …). 이 구역은 하루 최대 2100 개의화물을 처리 할 수 있습니다. 그것은 수출 절차의 비 물질화, 수출 트럭 교통 처리의 유동성 및 하반기의 대중 교통 소요 시간을 허용합니다. Tanger Med 물류 구역에는 5,500m²의 표면적과 35,000m3 / 5,500 SKU의 저장 용량, 보관, 라벨링, 포장 및 보관을위한 냉각 장치가 포함됩니다. 농업 식품의 가벼운 변형. roro (냉장 트럭에 의한) 및 해상 운송 (냉동 컨테이너에 의한) 운송의 다단계는 수출을위한 다양한 솔루션을 제공합니다. 컨테이너 터미널의 냉동 저장 용량은 연간 100,000 TEU입니다. 마지막으로, 174 개 항구와 74 개국과의 해상 연결로 인해 탕헤르 메드는 북유럽에 3 일, 북미 및 남미에 10 일, 중국에 20 일 이내에 접근 할 수 있습니다.
Spain Says Morocco Now Bears Greater Undocumented Migration Pressure
MARRAKESH, Morocco – Spanish Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido said on Wednesday that Madrid realizes that the increase in undocumented immigrants entering the Iberian country is the result of greater immigration pressure on Spain’s southern neighbor, Morocco.
Zoido made his remarks at the 5th Euro-African Ministerial Conference on Migration held in Marrakesh, Morocco, and attended by 60 European and African leaders.
After a meeting with his Moroccan counterpart, Abdelouafi Laftit, Zoido told reporters that Morocco had experienced increased migration pressures as a result of new undocumented immigrants coming from the Sahel region, a semi-desert zone encompassing much of central Africa and including portions of many countries in the area.
Zoido thanked Morocco for its efforts to manage the flows of undocumented migration across the Strait of Gibraltar.
The Spanish minister added that his country will take measures to reinforce common control mechanisms.
The number of undocumented immigrants coming to Spain by boat tripled in 2017, according to data provided by the Association for Human Rights of Andalusia (APDHA).
APDHA reported that 22,419 undocumented immigrants reached Spain in 2017, with at least 249 immigrants dying during the dangerous journey.
Zoido made his remarks at the 5th Euro-African Ministerial Conference on Migration held in Marrakesh, Morocco, and attended by 60 European and African leaders.
After a meeting with his Moroccan counterpart, Abdelouafi Laftit, Zoido told reporters that Morocco had experienced increased migration pressures as a result of new undocumented immigrants coming from the Sahel region, a semi-desert zone encompassing much of central Africa and including portions of many countries in the area.
Zoido thanked Morocco for its efforts to manage the flows of undocumented migration across the Strait of Gibraltar.
The Spanish minister added that his country will take measures to reinforce common control mechanisms.
The number of undocumented immigrants coming to Spain by boat tripled in 2017, according to data provided by the Association for Human Rights of Andalusia (APDHA).
APDHA reported that 22,419 undocumented immigrants reached Spain in 2017, with at least 249 immigrants dying during the dangerous journey.
Eyes on Truman – Strait of Gibraltar Transit
مرصد الشمال يدعو المجلس الأعلى للحسابات إلى افتحاص مالي لوكالة طنجة المتوسط للتنمية البشرية
يتابع مرصد الشمال لحقوق الإنسان باهتمام بالغ النقاش العمومي الدائر حول أنشطة وكالة طنجة المتوسط للتنمية البشرية التابعة لوكالة طنجة المتوسط وهي المؤسسة التي تأسست سنة 2007 بهدف تعزيز المسؤولية الاجتماعية والتنموية المستدامة للقطب التجاري والصناعي والخدماتي ….
وحيث أن المؤسسة الاجتماعية ( وكالة طنجة المتوسط للتنمية البشرية ) تعمل على إقامة مجموعة من الأنشطة الاجتماعية والتنموية تمس التعليم، الصحة، التكوين المهني، المجال الثقافي والاجتماعي… وفق منطق الشراكة مع المؤسسات المنتخبة وجمعيات المجتمع المدني كما تعرف نفسها في وثائقها إلا أن تلك الشراكات والدعم الذي تقدمه هذه المؤسسة العمومية لفاعلين محددين دون غيرهم يساءل مبدأ الشفافية والنزاهة وتكافؤ الفرص. خصوصا أن المؤسسة تعمل على تدبير المال العام دون إتباع المساطر القانونية المعمول بها كالإعلان عن طلب عروض ونشر لوائح المستفيدين من جمعيات ومؤسسات رسمية ومبالغ الدعم المقدمة …
وحيث أن أثر تلك المشاريع المنجزة من طرف وكالة طنجة المتوسط للتنمية البشرية يبقى دون المستوى المطلوب على المستفيدين مقابل الأموال الكبيرة المخصصة لها وهو ما يعني غياب الفاعلية وهو ما يشكل إهدارا للمال العام.
وحيث أن إقامة ميناء طنجة المتوسط والأقطاب الأخرى الملحقة به كان على حساب ساكنة المنطقة، إذ تم اقتلاع المئات من الأسر من أراضيهم وأراضي أجدادهم ومنحهم تعويضات هزيلة واستمرار سياسة الإقصاء من طرف السلطة المينائية ووكالة طنجة المتوسط للتنمية البشرية بتوزيع الصفقات وفق منطق الزبونية والمحسوبية دون مراعاة مبدأ الشفافية ودون أن يكون لتلك المشاريع وقعا ايجابيا عليهم وعلى أبناءهم.
فإن مرصد الشمال لحقوق الإنسان، يعلن ما يلي:
1_ يدين السياسة التي تنتهجها السلطة المينائية لميناء طنجة المتوسط ووكالة طنجة المتوسط للتنمية البشرية بعدم الشفافية فيما يخص الإعلان عن المستفيدين من الشراكات التي تبرمها بشكل دوري وترصد لها مئات الملايين سنويا.
2_ يطالب المجلس الأعلى للحسابات بضرورة افتحاص كلي للمشاريع التي أنجزتها وكالة طنجة المتوسط للتنمية البشرية منذ تأسيسها في سنة 2007 .
3_ دعوته لإئتلاف جهوي لتتبع المشاريع التي تنجزها وكالة طنجة المتوسط ومساءلة دورها في التنمية بالمنطقة.
وحرر في: 21 أبريل 2018
TMSA will build a logistics platform at the port of Abidjan
The Tanger Med Special Agency (TMSA) will develop a logistics platform for the marketing of fruit and vegetables at the autonomous port of Abidjan. An agreement was signed on Monday in Meknes by Morocco and Côte d’Ivoire on the sidelines of the International Agricultural Show in Morocco (SIAM). The objective is to better value the flows exchanged between the two countries, as well as with the countries of the sub-region.
The agreement also aims to directly serve the interests of Ivorian and Moroccan economic operators, strengthen their competitiveness and accelerate trade between the two countries. The project also involves investments in the construction of controlled temperature and atmosphere logistics warehouses as well as exhibition and marketing spaces.
أخبار ميناء طنجة المتوسط 