MARSA will operate the container terminal at Morocco's deep-water port, Nador West Med, for 25 years, reported Dubai's Shipping Herald.

Marsa Maroc will have to invest MAD200 million (US$20 million) in the terminal which will have a capacity of 3.5 million containers, reported L'Observateur du Maroc et de l'Afrique.

The terminal has a depth of 18 metres and 70 hectares of embankments and will be equipped with 15 latest-generation quay gantry cranes (STS) and 45 latest-generation park gantry cranes (RTG) at full capacity.