Rabat, Feb. 4 -- Morocco's Tangier Med port exported MAD 139 billion worth of products in 2018, over 50 percent of all Moroccan exports, according to a statement published by Maghreb Arab Press (MAP).

According to the statement from the port authority, the volume confirms the port as the leading export site in Morocco and the biggest in Africa.

The port processed an overall tonnage in the past year of 52,240,806 tons, an increase of 2 percent compared to 2017.

The port surpassed Durban port in South Africa by handling a total volume of imports and exports worth MAD 317 billion in 2018.

The two ports handled more than 3.4 million containers, an increase of 5 percent compared to 2017.

Tangier Med's passenger traffic has steadily increa...