Port fixers and their ilk are like flies - just swat at them a few times and they will go away. They are a pest all throughout Morocco any time it appears they might be able to charge you 20 Shekels for something that would be free anywhere else. Even the ferry agents' offices on the Morocco side are infested with would-be helpers who block the doorways and try and insist that they are the only ones able to deal with the staff behind the counter 2 metres away.
Procedure at either end of the ferry is straightforward - more so on the northern end of course - because of the huge number of Europeans who cross with their vehicles every winter, or would be if it weren't for the fixers swarming around pretending to be officials.
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