Port of Casablanca

🇲🇦 Morocco

North Atlantic · Container Terminal

UN/LOCODE
MACAS
Country
🇲🇦 Morocco
Port Type
Container Terminal
Ocean Region
North Atlantic
Latitude
33.6000° N
Longitude
7.6200° W

Maritime Risk Context

In the last 180 days, ArcNautical recorded 24 vessel arrivals at Casablanca, with Cargo accounting for 70% of port calls — higher than the North Atlantic regional average of 47%. Casablanca in Morocco sits along the backbone of transatlantic trade between Europe and the Americas. The North Atlantic is generally lower-risk than active piracy or conflict zones, but its weather is among the most powerful on Earth. The winter storm season (November–March) produces sustained gale-force winds, significant wave heights above 10 metres, and reduced visibility. The Great Circle route between Northern Europe and the US East Coast passes through peak storm activity, and the choice between a shorter rougher track and a longer calmer deviation has material financial implications. EU and US sanctions enforcement adds compliance overhead — both maintain extensive regimes that require thorough vessel and ownership-chain vetting.

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Top Vessel Types (last 180 days)

Across 24 distinct vessel arrivals, 23 carry a confirmed AIS ship-type code. The most common categories at Casablanca:

70%
Cargo
16 vessels
9%
Cargo
2 vessels
9%
Cargo
2 vessels
4%
Fishing
1 vessel
4%
Tug
1 vessel

Port State Control Context

Casablanca falls under the Mediterranean MoU. The Mediterranean Memorandum of Understanding does not publish a public bulk detention feed. Member states (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia) operate under harmonised PSC protocols. Vessel-level detention probability is computed by ArcNautical using flag-state performance and on-board condition signals.

Recent Arrivals at Casablanca

Last 10 vessel arrivals recorded by ArcNautical's AIS pipeline (last 90 days):

ArrivedVesselFlagType
2026-06-09 CAPT EUGENE 🇵🇦 PA Cargo
2026-06-09 MSC YUVIKA V 🇱🇷 LR Cargo
2026-06-08 MSC YUVIKA V 🇱🇷 LR Cargo
2026-06-05 CONTSHIP PEP II 🇱🇷 LR Cargo
2026-06-05 CAPT EUGENE 🇵🇦 PA Cargo
2026-06-05 VENTO DI GRECALE 🇱🇷 LR Cargo
2026-06-01 NEPTUNE ETHOS 🇬🇷 GR Cargo
2026-06-01 CONTSHIP PEP II 🇱🇷 LR Cargo
2026-06-01 CAPT EUGENE 🇵🇦 PA Cargo
2026-05-31 CAPTAIN DIMITRIS S 🇱🇷 LR Cargo

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