Port Tangier Mediterranee (Port Code: MAPTM) is a port located 45 km northeast of Tanger and opposite of Tarifa, Spain (15 km north) on the Strait of Gibraltar. As the largest port in Africa, it is Moroccan gateway and transshipment hub built in 2007. It consists of an industrial platform for 1100 companies representing an annual export business volume in 2020 of 8000 million EUR, operating in various sectors such as automotive, aeronautics, food processing, logistics and textiles. It is capable of handling 9 million containers, 7 million passengers, 700,000 trucks and the export of 1 million vehicles.