Hommam Al Nassim 
Morocco and Spain plan to connect their shores to a sea tunnel that runs under the waters of the Strait of Gibraltar, where a comprehensive evaluation of the project is currently underway.
The National Company for Strait Studies announced that work is currently underway to analyze the necessary aspects of the completion of this project, strategic decisions and explore possible financing avenues.
The evaluation came in the context of preparations for the 2030 World Cup, where Morocco is organizing this event with Spain and Portugal, which requires cooperation in infrastructure projects such as the construction of the sea tunnel.
In March, Moroccan Minister of Water and Equipment Nizar Baraka discussed with Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Point the mechanism of the project, which seeks to promote the movement of people and trade between the two countries.
The tunnel is expected to span 28 kilometers and a depth of up to 300 meters, connecting Punta Paloma in Spain and Malabata in Morocco.
In November 2022, the Moroccan government approved the appointment of Abdelkabir Zahoud as general manager of the National Company for Gibraltar Strait Studies.
The tunnel is about 38.5 kilometers long, including 28 kilometers underwater, and the maximum depth of the tunnel reaches 475 meters, and will connect the railway networks of the two countries, and is expected to allow the passage of more than 13 million tons of goods and 12.8 million passengers annually in the medium term.
The project faces technical challenges, the most important of which is that the Strait of Gibraltar borders the European and African tectonic plates, which makes it difficult to implement the project.
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