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Morocco’s informal sector expands to 2 million production units

Morocco’s informal sector has grown to approximately 2.03 million informal production units (IPUs) in 2023, an increase of 353,000 units since 2014, according to the National Survey on Informal Production Units published Wednesday by the High Commission for Planning (HCP). The expansion has been predominantly urban, with 77.3% of IPUs located in cities. The Casablanca-Settat […]

Kalmar to upgrade capabilities of STS cranes at Eurogate Tanger

Cargotec subsidiary Kalmar has won a contract to upgrade four ZPMC ship-to-shore (STS) cranes at the Eurogate Tanger container terminal in Morocco.   The modernization of cranes will enable Eurogate Tanger, located on the Strait of Gibraltar in Morocco, to manage large ships, Kalmar said in a press release.   Due to its geostrategic location, […]

Algeria: Demonstrators in Paris demand release of Khaled Drareni

Demonstrators gathered Monday in front of the Algerian Embassy in Paris to demand the release of journalist Khaled Drareni on the eve of his appeal trial. The director of the news website Casbah Tribune and correspondent for TV5 Monde and RSF has been detained in Algeria since the end of March. He had been arrested […]