{"id":72578,"date":"2023-08-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2023\/08\/07\/sea-ports-group-acquires-100-of-nal-maroc-maritime-agency\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T00:00:00","slug":"sea-ports-group-acquires-100-of-nal-maroc-maritime-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2023\/08\/07\/sea-ports-group-acquires-100-of-nal-maroc-maritime-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea &#038; Ports Group acquires 100% of NAL Maroc Maritime Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>Global maritime outfit <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spmgm.com\/en\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Sea & Ports Group<\/a><\/strong><strong>has completed its acquisition of 100% of <\/strong><strong>Morocco\u2019s NAL Maroc Maritime Agency<\/strong>,after receiving the greenlight from Morocco's Competition Council, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7093202887345893376\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. The acquisition expands Sea & Ports\u2019 operations in Africa, where it already operates through its representation of South Korean maritime firm HMM in Algeria and Tunisia. NAL Maroc was also the representative of HMM in Morocco before the acquisition. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The merged entity has now become the representative in Morocco for its maritime line<\/strong>, Marguisa Shipping Lines, which boosts its presence in Moroccan trade with West Africa, Break Bulk said. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Background:<\/strong>Sea & Ports had <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spmgm.com\/en\/news\/sea-ports-acquires-a-shareholding-in-the-nal-maroc-maritime-agency.html\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">initially acquired<\/a> what it said was a \u201cconsiderable\u201d stake in NAL Maroc last year. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>About Sea & Ports Group: <\/strong>Sea & Ports Group is a group of companies operating in the global maritime and port logistics sector, with a focus on trade flows West Africa, according to its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spmgm.com\/en\/about-us\/who-we-are\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>. Headquartered in Madrid, it operates across the Mediterranean, West Africa, Northern Europe, and Asia. The company covers all aspects of maritime transport in addition to running its shipping line, with over 100 offices, partners across 55 countries and around 300 employees. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAL Maroc Agency was South Korean maritime firm HMM\u2019s local representative<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[941],"tags":[17,380,137,123],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-72578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ma-watch-2","tag-enterprise-logistics","tag-investment","tag-ma-watch","tag-shipping-maritime","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"6e7b8cc1-6157-4873-8e1b-e184ae75b0f5","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/8\/251.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Sea & Ports Group grows African presence with NAL Maroc Maritime Agency acquisition","related_issue":[72571],"teaser":"NAL Maroc Agency was South Korean maritime firm HMM\u2019s local representative","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2023\/8\/.cac1783e-2cfa-4812-8932-eb30b9901b96.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sea &amp; 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