Marrakech – Morocco’s Ministry of Transport and Logistics announced on Friday a new tranche of exceptional direct support for road transport professionals moving both people and goods, this time covering a 30-day period. Registration opens Thursday, September 24, through the same electronic platform used for earlier tranches, mouakaba.transport.gov.ma.
The ministry pledged to maintain the support in line with the pace of international fuel-price increases, extending it “until the return to the levels recorded before the crisis.”
It tied the decision to persistent geopolitical tensions and the continued rise of global fuel prices, which have carried through to the domestic market. The stated goal is to keep transport prices stable and prevent higher energy costs from reaching consumers.
The new tranche is the latest step in a program that began in mid-March. On March 17, the government launched direct exceptional aid for road transport professionals, pointing to the sharp increase in international oil prices and its transmission to domestic fuel costs.
The scheme covered freight, passenger transport, taxis, buses, tourist transport, and other professional categories, with registration opening March 20.
On March 30, Head of Government Minister Aziz Akhannouch chaired the first meeting of a ministerial committee created to monitor the economic fallout from geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
The government confirmed transport support for March 15 to April 15 and reported more than 87,000 applications. The same package kept subsidies on butane and electricity in place, even as international butane prices climbed more than 68% since the crisis began in early March.
The government widened the aid on April 16, raising its value by 25% for fuel consumed between April 16 and April 30. By May, the ministry had shifted to 15-day tranches because prices were moving so quickly, covering May 1-15 and May 16-31. The mechanism continued through the summer, with tranches for July 16-31 and August 1-15.
The energy shock behind the program traces to the Middle East conflict. A Ministry of Economy and Finance note attributed the oil-price surge to military escalation in the region and the quasi-blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude averaged around $104 a barrel in March, up 46% month-on-month, and reached $144.50 on April 7.
A later note described the near-closure of Hormuz – a route that normally carries about 20 million barrels a day, roughly a quarter of seaborne global oil trade – as an extraordinary supply shock, with Brent averaging $120 in April.
By June, the Finance Ministry credited a sourcing shift for cushioning Morocco: more than 70% of relevant imports came from the United States, a buffer against Euro-Mediterranean disruptions, though the country still faced higher freight costs.