Port Dakhla Atlantique megaproject: final section before the start of the works

The Port Dakhla Atlantic megaproject will soon begin to materialize. Following the award of the contract for the construction of this port to the SGTM-Somagec Sud group, for an amount of 12.400 billion dirhams, the Ministry of Equipment recently launched a call for tenders for the topographic and bathymetric control of the works of the new port of Dakhla Atlantique, for 23 million DH. The opening of the tenders is scheduled for November 2.

The work of this new call refers, among others, to carrying out the verification, stakeout, marking and layout operations necessary for the continuation of the work, the control and reception of the bathymetric dimensions and the leveling dimensions of the works. of the project. in reduced physical models, before the start of the wave channel and tank tests, and the verification of the installation of the general triangulation marks, as well as secondary marks, stakes, beacons, etc.

Subject to a specific agreement signed before His Majesty King Mohammed VI in February 2016, this mega-project fits perfectly within the framework of the High Directives of the Sovereign, reiterated in his speech on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the Green March.

This important port infrastructure will also allow to 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 contains abundant and diversified fishing resources, which represent 65% of the national exploitable potential. Endowed with an industrial-logistics zone, a commercial exchange zone and another dedicated to the promotion of maritime fishing activity, the Atlantic port will undoubtedly become a true autonomous economic hub capable of repositioning any region on the maritime routes.

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, since it is a place that generates direct and indirect jobs, capable of supporting this growing economic dynamic. In this sense, this strategic project will take into account the importance of the road link, that is, the Tiznit-Dakhla highway, which continues to be a true logistics bridge between Morocco and the rest of African countries to build south-south cooperation. Active and booming economic development. At the same time as construction work begins, three components will be put in place, namely the development of fishery resources at sea and the establishment of an industrial acceleration zone. as well as an area dedicated to logistics activities. With a scalable and extensible 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 zero, a port dedicated to coastal and deep-sea fishing, and a port dedicated to the naval industry.

Located 40 km north of the city of Dakhla, this port will be supported by an industrial-logistics zone of 1.650 hectares destined to offer quality industrial and logistics services.

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