During a panel on the theme “Ports, transport, and logistics in the face of decarbonization challenges,” organized as part of the International Transport and Logistics Exhibition for Africa and the Mediterranean (Logismed), speakers highlighted the importance of adapting public strategies and industrial models to new environmental requirements, particularly in the context of the increasing interdependence of global value chains and the strengthening of international climate regulations.
Speaking on this occasion, the Director of Ports and the Public Maritime Domain at the Ministry of Equipment and Water, Sanae El Amrani, noted that Moroccan ports, as central links in the Kingdom’s foreign trade, must necessarily adapt to international decarbonization requirements.
“If this link in the chain is not properly decarbonized, we do not meet the decarbonization requirements, because it is a very significant weight in the overall calculation of the carbon footprint of our products,” she stated, noting that over 95% of Morocco’s trade passes through ports.
Thus, she recalled that her department has revised its port strategy to align with these challenges, through the adoption of a National Green Transition Plan for Moroccan ports.
This plan is based on five main axes, including improving energy and water efficiency within port facilities, she indicated.
For her part, the representative of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Rabia Janati, emphasized the efforts made by her department to support the decarbonization of the national industrial fabric to make Morocco “a decarbonized and circular industrial base.”
“Financing is very important to enable small and medium-sized enterprises to accelerate their decarbonization,” she stressed, highlighting the programs implemented by the ministry to directly support industrial projects in energy efficiency, renewable energies, recycling, or the substitution of raw materials.
In this regard, Ms. Janati mentioned the development of sectoral roadmaps for the most emitting sectors, notably cement, agri-food, and steel, in cooperation with technical and institutional partners.
According to her, this dynamic is part of Morocco’s ambition to capture more local added value within the framework of the green transition, highlighting the industrial integration in the automotive sector, which has reached 69% to date, approaching the 80% target set for 2030.
Under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Logismed runs until May 15, under the theme “The Supply Chain in Morocco: an industry at the service of competitiveness, sovereignty, and the sophistication of the economy.”
A true Moroccan showcase open to global challenges, this exhibition provides an opportunity to take stock of the advances in the national strategy for developing logistical competitiveness while identifying future priorities in light of rapid changes on the international scale.
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