The prices generally vary according to the affluence with promotional rates in low season (winter and spring, outside the Easter and the end of the year). These prices include, generally, an offer with a package per vehicle regardless of the number of passengers. But according to a travel agent, this offer has not been put in place since last summer.
Which means that the companies have maintained their prices even in the low season. On another note, the average prices practiced at the beginning of June have increased considerably compared to the same period last year, nearly 20% on average according to port sources. For a vehicle and its driver, the average price increased from 2,000 to 2,400 DH for a return ticket on the TangerMed-Algeciras line.
Note that on this line, the competition is in full swing with three Spanish companies and two Moroccan, but still, the rates remain high.
For a group of two adults and two children in a car, it costs on average around 4.400 DH round trip.
If we refer to the rates posted on the web by the various companies, the range goes from 4.213 DH for Intershipping to 4.770 DH for FRS, passing by 4.642 DH for Trasmediterranea and 4.290 DH for Balearia and AML, tariffs that risk strong to vary in periods of high affluence.
But as for mobile operators, the rates are not clear at first glance with reservation platforms that look very similar (especially for Spanish companies) to those of airlines.
Some companies are inspired by this pricing, such as AML which chooses to adjust its rates according to busy periods, in August for example, while others prefer a stable pricing as is the case for FRS.
At the Strait, competition and alternatives are not lacking, especially on the air side. The proliferation of low-cost routes on the roads used by MREs encourages them, especially younger ones, to fly instead of a long car trip.
Even with a baggage surcharge, fares may be in favor of the plane, especially if booked in advance. The other competitor is the line Algésiras-Sebta where the posted tariffs are lower by 30%, but without the comfort of landing in Moroccan territory with the police formalities settled on the boat, an exclusivity of the Moroccan ports.
Where the Strait appears to have made progress is in the price agreement. A few years ago, the companies had no remorse for displaying prices very close, a practice inherited from the history of shipping between the two sides of the Straits when shipping companies worked in a pool, a kind of trust.
These practices have led them to be sued by the Spanish authorities for anti-competitive practices and fines of several tens of millions of DH in 2010. Since then, things have changed and practices have evolved as well as the actors, especially the Moroccan side.
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