Achievement / Transport · Tanger Med
11.1 million container units at Tanger Med
In 2025, Tanger Med ranked 1st in Africa and the Mediterranean and 16th worldwide for shipping container traffic.
The full picture
Beyond the number
In 2025, Tanger Med ranked 1st in Africa and the Mediterranean and 16th worldwide for shipping container traffic.
The first container terminal opened in 2007. Tanger Med 2 expanded the complex in 2019.
The port authority reports 11,106,164 standard container units in 2025, up 8.4% from 2024. Lloyd’s List places Tanger Med 16th globally in its 2026 ranking based on 2025 traffic.
Then / Now
How the story unfolded
Tanger Med 1 opened its first container terminal.
Tanger Med 2 began operations, expanding container capacity.
The port handled about 10.24 million standard container units.
Traffic reached 11,106,164 standard container units, an 8.4% year-on-year increase. The port was 16th worldwide.
Across regions
Where Morocco stands
2025 shipping container traffic · million TEU (standard 20-foot container units)
Top 10 container ports · plus Tanger Med at 16th
- 1stShanghai55.06m
- 2ndSingapore44.66m
- 3rdNingbo-Zhoushan43.87m
- 4thShenzhen35.41m
- 5thQingdao32.89m
- 6thGuangzhou27.68m
- 7thBusan24.88m
- 8thTianjin~24.03m
- 9thDubai (Jebel Ali)~15.55m
- 10thPort Klang15.14m
- 16thMorocco11.11m
The ten highest ranked ports and Tanger Med’s 16th position follow Lloyd’s List’s 2026 edition, based on 2025 traffic. Approximate volumes are compiled from port-authority and operator reports by CargoLinked; Tianjin and Dubai figures are less certain. Tanger Med reports its exact 2025 total as 11,106,164 TEU. Africa and MENA positions refer to the ports in this same ranking. One TEU equals one 20-foot container, or half of a 40-foot container.
Verify it
Sources & further reading
- Tanger Med Port Authority · 2025 activity report
- Lloyd’s List · 2026 container port ranking (2025 traffic)
- CargoLinked · 2025 top-port volumes and methodology
- Tanger Med Special Agency · port history
Image credits
- Maersk Congo container ship at Tanger Med port in 2023: Bertrand SOUBEYRAND / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Container terminals at Tanger Med port: Gmirasaad · CC BY-SA 4.0
What is a TEU? It is a twenty-foot equivalent unit, the standard measure of shipping container capacity. One 20-foot container counts as one TEU; one 40-foot container counts as two. The ranking measures container traffic, not every kind of cargo.
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