Re the question above on whether "open" tickets work, I can say at least that "reservations" don't (at least in our case: Going on FRS, planned northbound from Tangers, but we then went through Tangers-Med).

A "reserved" place simply meant that we didn't have to go stand in line for a ticket at the dock, but we did have to get into the first-come, first on the ferry queue.

Southbound a week later we were again booked for a specific ferry again, or though we were, but spent five hours waiting in the queue at Algeciras.

Lessons learned:

1. Don't go through Tangers Med if you can avoid it.

2. Departure times are aspirational, not informational.

3. Be prepared to sit in a queue. This is probably more fun in Tangers itself, as the dock is right by the old town, but make sure you have a good book handy in any case.

Sorry, I realize that this is too late to help the person who originally asked the question but maybe someone else can benefit?

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FRS tell me that this is their timetable for April 2017:

Algeciras-Tangier Med: 6h/9h/12h/15h/18h/21h/23:59h
Tangier Med-Algeciras: 2h/8h/11h/14h/17h/20h/23h

Price for one person €41 return, no information on vehicle costs though.

First customer of the day at Carlos. Same good deal and of course Cake and Wine


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Good, hope to be there end of next week. Safe travels.

I’m here for a while if you want to meet up for a


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Sounds good. My rough plan is down to Moulay Bous on the 11th ish, 12th Casa and Marrakech 13th-16th for a few days, with maybe a day in Essaouira.
Not sure if any of that fits in with you.
Cheers, Mark

_€180 open return from Carlos, 1per, campervan. Plus cake and vino. Cheers to all and safe travels.

Tarifa > Tanger Ville (FRS)

1 motorcycle,
2 persons,
open return,


175€

Just a heads up, the agent in Tangier Med for FRS says the the prices are going to rise after Ramadan for the summer.
It'll be interesting to see what FRS and others charge.

Safe travels.

We passed through Tangier Med on Saturday with few problems. If on a bike keep passport handy it will be checked as you disembark. Make sure you get it stamped on the boat. Quite a long ride through the port to reach customs. We were in the queue, with two bikes, after a few minutes an official waved us past the other vehicles and we filtered to the front! Customs official took passports and bike papers and returned with everything done. Keep the import paperwork handy for a final check at customs exit. Cash machine and insurance office shortly after on the left. Took us about 15 minutes in all to clear customs and another 15 for cash and insurance. After that drive to the roundabout and turn right for Tangier or left for Tetouan.

Thanks for making that very informative and helpful post.

Your experience was pretty much identical to mine when I entered at Tanger Med port on my motorcycle during the last week of January this year.

For the benefit of others reading this thread who have not been to Morocco before: Immigration processing (as opposed to customs processing) is done on the ferry, on the way over to Morocco. There is always an immigration officer on the boat. You fill out your form, he stamps your passport and you are assigned a "police number" that is valid for the duration of that passport.

Everyone on the boat has to get processed by this officer before they get off the boat. So, unless you enjoy standing in line behind 200 people, waiting to get your immigration paperwork done, I suggest the following:

1) Filter up to the front of the lineup in Spain, so your moto gets loaded first. This is an accepted procedure, you will not be considered rude or pushy if you do this.

2) Make sure you have your passport and a pen in your jacket pocket.

3) Once you get on the boat, tie the thing down as fast as you can, make sure you have your passport and a pen, head to the upper deck (purser's office or similar), grab the little Moroccan government form you need to fill out, fill it out, and go line up in front of the immigration officer.

Sometimes, you can get hold of a blank copy of a Moroccan immigration form before you even get on the boat - for example, where you buy your ferry ticket. If you can do this, fill the form out before you get on the boat.

4) With luck, you will be one of the first people processed, before the immigration guy gets tired and pissed off, and you will then be able to go and sit down and relax for the rest of the ferry trip... instead of still standing in line behind dozens of other people after the ship docks in Morocco.

Michael

HI
I'm preparing my first trip to Morocco.
The form to fill you're talking about is the one for the vehicule? The D16 ter?

Trying to get one on the web, I found a notice from the maroccan Customs Site saying that since the beginning of 2019 you don't need to fill a form for vehicules.

Administration des Douanes et Imp�ts Indirects

Sorry it's in French, here's the translation

"As of January 1, 2019, persons having their habitual residence abroad and coming to stay temporarily in Morocco are exempted from the subscription of the written declarations according to the models D 16bis and D 16ter for the motor vehicles and D 716 for the boats of pleasure craft and other watercraft.
Thus, the temporary admission (AT) of these means of transport will be handled directly on the BADR computer system by the customs services at the ports of entry, on the basis of the documents presented by the traveler (valid passport, certificate of registration of the means of transport, power of attorney in the event of importation by a third person, rental agreement ...)."

Two threads down
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...r-in-use-96937

I was so proud of my catch!

Last week return ticket with open return 62€. 1 person and a motorbike. Just do it in transmediterranea webpage

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