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Initially it sounds interesting but when you dig deeper its not so perfect.

It will likely be freight service and possibly no passengers
Company behind it was only formed in December (I think) and has no ships

It would also have to come in at under £1000 for a vehicle and a passenger to get from the UK to Tanger Med to be a viable alternative to the current options.

I have a friend who runs a shipping company keeping me informed of the developments
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...It will likely be freight service and possibly no passengers...
I agree with The Warden's take on this one.

There could well be a market for a direct UK - Morocco ferry, but I think the market is freight (trucks), not people. Most likely 'unaccompanied' trucks, meaning just the trailer, no driver or traction engine.

It's not all that difficult to start up a truck-only ferry route. You just need to get hold of a ferry (perhaps on a wet-lease, whereby it comes with crew) and make arrangements for docking at each end.

To carry passengers, however, introduces an order of magnitude more complications... cabins, housekeepers, food service, health control, advertising, web bookings, agency commissions, onboard security, and on and on and on.

There just might be enough trade between the UK and Morocco to justify a weekly truck-only ferry. The economics of it to the shippers would be quite attractive if they no longer need to pay UK wages to a driver to schlep a truck down to Morocco - just drop the trailer at the UK port, and then a Moroccan driver picks it up at the Moroccan port.

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You only have to look at the fresh fruit and veg on the supermarket shelves to realise how much comes from Morocco—strawberries and raspberries, mange tout and green beans, olives and oils. My Moroccan brother-in-law had never seen a mushroom in Morocco when he came to the UK 30 years ago, now he eats mushrooms grown in Morocco.
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Yes we have a lot of Moroccan produce on the shelves in the UK,

But there isn't a lot of UK hauliers transporting it. Most of the HGV's crossing to Spain are Spanish, French or Moroccan registered.

It will be interesting to see if it takes off or not. If it does it would be a 3 day journey at least, compared with the current 2 days of the Ferry - Drive - Ferry route
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