A month ago crossed with a 4x4 not in my name at Tanger Med. All papers in good order....but they didn't accept my handwritten procuration. Told me to get a more official looking paper with stamps on it.
Took an hour to get the document emailed from London and printed out. Head of customs office grudgingly accepted it although there were no stamps. (Now thinking of buying some nifty looking custom made rubber stamps on ebay, will make African transits easier).
The problem was they had put the car in the depot. Getting it out of there took four hours, including three visits to offices in various corners of the port. And I had no vehicle, so had to walk. There is a small bus service for the port that is free, but drivers only spoke arabic and I mostly had to find the way myself.
The final part of this elaborate bureaucratic torture was having to pay for the parking.
First day is free (from then on 200 Dh per day, therefore lots of deserted vehicles in the depot).
So the bill was for ZERO dirham, but still had to be paid. This could ONLY be done at the small bank office at the eastern gate of the port (almost a kilometer away). So I went there and waited in line, paid zero dirhams and got a receipt in three copies that I had done so.
Now my car was released. By this time I was rather dehydrated and fatigued. I asked - is there anything else? And they said no, I was free to go. Went to the gate and the guard took a look at my pile of documents and let me out. Drove straight to Rabat.
It was only four days later when exiting to Mauretania I realized I had never been given the FEUILLE VERT, the laissez-passer! Expecting to be put in jail for this, I was instead charmed by the new head of customs, a lovely lady in her forties, who had total command of the post and found it very amusing that had I crossed the whole country without the permit to do so.
Next day, thanks to her MASHALLAH everything was sorted.