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The Minister of Transport and Logistics, Abdessamad Kayouh, reported the development of 10 orientation plans for logistics areas in the context of the implementation of the national strategy for the development of sector competitiveness.
In response to two oral questions on “the strengthening of logistical competitiveness”, during the session of oral questions in the House of Representatives, the Minister said that these plans concern the regions of Casablanca-Settat, Fez-Meknès, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Guelmim Oued-Noun, Marrakech-Safi, Draâ-Tafilalet, In addition to a logistics zone in El Guerguerat and near the Dakhla Atlantic port.
The last inaugurated logistics zone is that of Laqliâa, in the Ait Melloul region, which spans an area of 45 hectares at a cost of 350 million dirhams, he added, specifying that the work has been completed, awaiting the selection by the Regional Investment Center (CRI) of operators. As for new projects, Mr. Kayouh reported on the establishment of a logistics zone in the commune of Aïn Cheggag in Fez (32 ha), another south of Casablanca (70 ha) and a third in Kenitra (45 hectares), in addition to other projects in Béni Mellal (9 hectares) and Zaida in the province of Midelt (5 Ha). In the same vein, Mr. Kayouh stressed that the logistics sector goes beyond the powers of his department to include all the players, in particular the private sector, noting that the Moroccan Logistics Development Agency (AMDL) assumes its lever role in the orientation of this project towards the under-equipped areas.
The adopted program is based on the construction of logistics areas dedicated to professionals, he said, considering that logistics, which is no longer a secondary activity, has become an independent profession “, which requires a plan that meets international standards and conventions signed by Morocco in the environmental field.
Urban development will impose in the future the prohibition of access to large trucks to city centers, which requires the construction of logistics areas connecting motorways to warehouses, which will reduce the number of vehicles circulating in cities and improving the environmental aspect, added the Minister.
These areas are able to contribute to the drop in prices, since the cost of transport constitutes a significant part of the final price, he concluded.
