Meeting of the Board of Directors of the National Ports Agency: satisfaction with the level of financial achievements for the year 2024
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
HIBAPRESS-RABAT-MEE The Board of Directors of the National Ports Agency (ANP) held a meeting at the headquarters of the General Directorate of Hydraulics under the Ministry of Equipment and Water under the presidency by Mr. Nizar BARAKA, Minister of Equipment and Water.
During this meeting, devoted to governance and draft budgets for 2025, the Board of Directors took note with satisfaction of (i) the level of financial achievements for the year 2024, marking a significant improvement , (ii) the richness and diversification of the action plan for the 2025-2027 triennium and (iii) the ANP investment program for the said period covering an overall envelope of more than 3.3 billion dirhams, including 1.24 billion dirhams for the year 2025.
In his speech, Mr. Nizar BARAKA, Minister of Equipment and Water, recalled that the ANP’s draft budgets for the 2025-2027 triennium should be part of the socio-economic dynamics of the Kingdom in variation of the High Royal Directives which aim to modernize the port sector and make it a focal player in the positioning of Moroccan foreign trade on an international and regional scale.
In this regard, the Minister highlighted the role of the ANP as a catalyst for efforts and action plans to ensure the convergence and complementarity of the efforts of all actors in the ecosystem. in order to guarantee optimal and efficient management of the port facilities.
Presenting the broad outlines of the report submitted to the Board of Directors, Mr. Mustapha FARES, Director General of the ANP, indicated the strategic orientations for the 2025-2027 triennium which relate to (i) the strengthening of good governance (ii) the consolidation of operational performance, (iii) the pursuit of ecological, energy and digital transitions and (iv) the federation of the port ecosystem.
In terms of investments, Mr. FARES specified that the 2025-2027 program will have a total envelope of 3 billion 318 million Dirhams, including an amount exceeding 1.24 billion Dirhams to be committed for 2025.
In the field of regulation, the Agency will continue the various projects concerning the strengthening and enrichment of the regulatory system, the support of the various actors in the realization of their investment projects and the promotion of the different regimes of exercise of port activities as recommended by law 15-02.
Regarding the budgetary forecasts, the Director General of the ANP specified that (i) the Agency’s turnover for the year 2025 should reach a record level to exceed 2 .88 billion dirhams, an improvement of 6% compared to the forecasts for the year 2024 and (ii) the 2025-2027 triennium should see the consolidation of the improvement observed in 2024 of the structure and financial indicators of the Agency.
At the end of the work, the Board of Directors adopted the resolutions submitted to it and a reading was made of the message of fidelity and loyalty sent by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, in his name, in the name of the all the members of the Council and on behalf of the executives and agents of the Agency, to HIS MAJESTY KING MOHAMMED VI, MAY GOD HELP HIM.
