Linklaters advises West Med Container Terminal (WMCT) on a €196.7m project financing for the Nador West Med port terminal in Morocco

Linklaters has advised West Med Container Terminal (WMCT), concessionaire of the Eastern Terminal at Nador West Med, on a €196.7m long-term project financing to support the construction of the first section of the container terminal at the Nador West Med deep-water port in Morocco.

The 15-year facility has been provided by a consortium of Moroccan banks comprising Attijariwafa Bank Group as mandated lead arranger, and Banque Centrale Populaire Group and Bank of Africa Group as arrangers. It will partially finance construction costs for the first section of the Eastern Terminal, which represents a total investment of approximately €253m.

The terminal is expected to be commissioned in the final quarter of 2026.

The Linklaters team in Paris was led by Samuel Bordeleau, Partner in Energy & Infrastructure, and Cyril Boussion, Partner in Tax. The team also included Zehra Sever and Kassim Mohamed Ali, Associates, in Energy & Infrastructure, as well as Wassim Mokadem, Associate in Tax.