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Originally Posted by Tim Cullis
Thank you for your reply, Afrikiya.
I appreciate there is trade in agricultural and other products between Canaries and Morocco, and that there are already maritime connections between Canaries (Las Palmas) and Agadir/Casablanca, however the thread is about a regular ferry service for vehicles and passengers.
What information do you have to suggest that there is sufficient demand for this to be a viable route?
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You're welcome Tim.
Perhaps you did not read that:
- the first thing I mentioned was the immense personal relationship, apart from the commercial one, between the two regions,
- I also told you that two countries, and the shipping companies, have a repeated interest in relaunching this passenger and vehicle line, and also commercial, and obviously they have it because they know the potential and the existing needs in this regard,
As it seems you didn't read that, maybe that's why you kindly remember me what the thread is about.
You asked me "What information do you have to suggest that there is sufficient demand for this to be a viable route?":
- I don't suggest, it's obvious, read the previous post and what I said once again above
- I also know it for the same reason that I thought you would know it too, for having travelled for many years: for having come into contact with people from the area in Morocco and the Sahara, from knowledge of the area, of their interrelation in that sense, from what I have been told by so many Canarians living in the area of El Aaiún, Tarfaya, Boujdour, etc., as well as by people from El Aaiún, Bojador, and Tarfaya, and many other areas, living in the Canary Islands, both businessmen, with commercial relations on both sides, and individuals.
- As a former journalist, editor, I'm sure you're much more able than I am to find sources that provide you with the technical studies information you need about the demand that would make this route viable.