Spain and Morocco are making great strides

SECEGSA wishes to obtain these four seabed seismometers (OBS) to carry out a seismotectonic research campaign in the Strait of Gibraltar over a period of six months, from the date of delivery of these devices to the Royal Institute and the San Fernando Marine Observatory (Cádiz). The amount of the call for tenders is 488,000 euros including tax, relays The Diary.

Spain and Morocco signed an agreement in 1980 for the Europe-Africa fixed link project. Two companies were created to study the feasibility of the project: SECEGSA, on the Spanish side, and the National Society for the Study of the Strait of Gibraltar (SNED), on the Moroccan side. Since then, several studies have been carried out to “understand the difficulties of the site from a geological, oceanographic, seismic and meteorological point of view”.

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According to the call for tenders launched, three seismometers were deployed in 2014, in collaboration with ships of the Spanish Navy. After several studies, the option of a tunnel, rather than a bridge, was finally chosen. The tunnel, 38.5 kilometers long, including 27.7 kilometers underwater, should connect Punta Paloma, near Tarifa, to Tangier.

This tunnel is a “strategic project” for the two countries which are working towards its completion before the 2030 World Cup which they are organizing jointly with Portugal. The tunnel under the strait linking Morocco and Spain, and therefore Africa and Europe, “will promote the development of transport networks between Spain and Morocco and will create an unprecedented space for cooperation between the Union European Union and the Maghreb,” assures SECEGSA.

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