Equipped with an industrial-logistic zone, a commercial exchange zone and another dedicated to the promotion of maritime fishing activities, the Atlantic port will undoubtedly become a real autonomous economic axis capable of repositioning all the region on the sea routes.
The execution works of the Dakhla-Atlantique port were recently launched in Dakhla by the Moroccan group SGTM-Somagec Sud for a total investment of 12.5 billion dirhams. This megaproject promises to be a leading industrial zone to develop a naval industry and establish the region as an essential hub and a gateway to the African continent.
The subject of a specific agreement signed before HM King Mohammed VI in February 2016, this major port infrastructure will also support the economic, social and industrial development of the southern provinces, in particular in the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region, in all productive sectors, in particular maritime fishing, given that the Pearl of the South harbors abundant and diversified fishery resources, representing 65% of the exploitable national potential.
Equipped with an industrial-logistic zone, a commercial exchange zone and another dedicated to the promotion of maritime fishing activities, the Atlantic port will undoubtedly become a real autonomous economic axis capable of repositioning all the region on the sea routes. This port will certainly contribute to highlighting the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region as a gateway to the countries of the African continent and an attractive pole for local and foreign investors interested in exporting to Africa. , in particular within the framework of the African Continental Free Trade Area (ZLECAF).
Thus, this new port hub will have a positive impact on the social fabric of the city of Dakhla in particular and the region in general, given that it is a construction site that provides direct and indirect jobs, likely to support this economic dynamic. growing.
In this wake, this strategic project will take into account the importance of the road link, namely the Tiznit-Dakhla expressway which remains a real logistical bridge between Morocco and the rest of the African countries to build south-south cooperation. acting and booming economic development. At the same time as the launch of its construction work, three components will be launched, namely the development of sea fishing resources and the establishment of an industrial acceleration zone, as well as a zone dedicated to logistics activities.
With a scalable and expandable design, this project will focus on the construction of a deep-water port on the Atlantic coast of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab Region, according to three components, namely a commercial port at a depth of – 16 m/hydrographic datum, a port dedicated to coastal and offshore fishing, and a port dedicated to the naval industry. Located 40 km north of the city of Dakhla, this port will be backed by an industrial-logistic zone of 1,650 hectares intended to offer quality industrial and logistics services.
