Net income Group share (RNPG) Marsa Maroc stood at 258 million dirhams (MDH) at the end of June 2021, a sharp increase of 252% compared to the same period of 2020, due to the Covid donation distributed in March 2020.
The operating result reached, on this date, 477 million dirhams, up 10%, indicates Marsa Maroc in a press release on its half-yearly indicators.
The gross operating surplus (EBITDA) amounted to MAD 739 million in H1-2021, an increase of 14% compared to the same period of 2020, due to the start of the commercial activity of the Tanger Alliance subsidiary.
Regarding the turnover of Marsa Maroc, it stood, for the first six months of this year, at 1.742 billion dirhams (billion dirhams), marking an increase of 20% compared to the first half of 2020, thanks to an increase in traffic volume of 22% to 23 million tonnes.
This level of activity, which can be explained by the start of the activity of the Tanger Alliance subsidiary, has made it possible to raise the group’s domestic container traffic to 542 KEVP (+ 16%), and transshipment traffic to 363 KEVP. at the end of the first half of 2021, underlines the press release.
This increase helps to mitigate the drop in bulk and conventional traffic of 3.5%, mainly explained by the decrease in grain and coal traffic compared to the first half of 2020.
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