Rabat, January 8, 2012 (MAP)
Rabat, January 8, 2012 (MAP)
All the passengers left stranded in the French port of Sète (south) after authorities sequestered the Tangier-bound ferry “Bilady” due to outstanding claims have embarked towards Morocco on Saturday, Minister Delegate in Charge of the Moroccans Living Abroad, Abdellatif Maazouz said.
Speaking to MAP, the Minister said that Moroccan Consulate intervened in coordination with the Foreign Ministry and the Equipment and Transport Ministry to assist the passengers after the seizure of the ferry supposed to take them to Morocco, a decision that was taken following a sequester of property notice.
Maazouz said that his department has created an emergency committee to avoid the recurrence of such a problem in the future.
The Minister added that Comarit the company that owns the ferry has paid the third of its outstanding claims which amount to 3 million euros before the sequestering of property.
Some 400 Moroccans who intended to travel to Tangier on board Bilady were left stranded on Friday in the maritime station of Sète.
