I did this crossing a couple of weeks ago.
You’ll need your V5, and I recommend you take cash to change into local currency and bring a pen.
Turned up at Algeciras, bought a ticket (€68 one way with Transmed/Armas). After getting an exit stamp from the border police, I rode onto the ferry and a nice man put ratchets through the engine frames to secure it. There were barely 10 vehicles on the ferry.
You’ll need to fill in an Arrivals form - small piece of paper with your details and suchlike in it (see other threads on this!). On this ferry there was a stack of them near the snack bar at the rear of the ferry.
About 30mins into the crossing, Moroccan border control opened a booth in the middle of the ship - queue up, present passport and arrivals form, and it gets stamped.
When disembarking, they check for this stamp shortly after leaving the boat ramp.
Then into border control - they seemed to be unloading all the cars. I got bumped to the front and asked to open my panniers. They asked for my “carte verte” - this is the V5. This and my passport went off to an office for my carnet to be issued. In the meantime I got asked if I had any drones or maps (no drone, no paper maps either).
With my carnet, I progressed on again - only for my carnet to be checked at a final checkpoint.
Then just beyond this, the portacabins for money changing and insurance - https://w3w.co/lugging.qualifies.retelling
€50/500MAD for 5 days’ cover (seemed to be the shortest amount of time offered) at the CAT booth. They also change money - I found this out on my return as the other money changers were closed. You can also buy a sim - I was fine with my Airalo eSIM.
Return journey - they stop selling tickets 2hrs before the ferry departs, so be prepared for a wait. I paid 596MAD/£49 for a one way ticket - again with Transmed/Armas. Ticket offices are behind the money changers -
https://w3w.co/dwarfism.census.miserably
and I wandered over to change my MAD back into Euros.
They checked my carnet at border control.
Then they lined up a bunch of vehicles and ran an x-ray van over them. Then started to get all the cars and motorhomes unloaded - but I got waved through. Then it was just another ticket check and a random hunt for the queue for my ferry.
Nothing to do on the boat - everything was done in the port at Algeciras.
Fairly straightforward in my opinion.
You’ll need your V5, and I recommend you take cash to change into local currency and bring a pen.
Turned up at Algeciras, bought a ticket (€68 one way with Transmed/Armas). After getting an exit stamp from the border police, I rode onto the ferry and a nice man put ratchets through the engine frames to secure it. There were barely 10 vehicles on the ferry.
You’ll need to fill in an Arrivals form - small piece of paper with your details and suchlike in it (see other threads on this!). On this ferry there was a stack of them near the snack bar at the rear of the ferry.
About 30mins into the crossing, Moroccan border control opened a booth in the middle of the ship - queue up, present passport and arrivals form, and it gets stamped.
When disembarking, they check for this stamp shortly after leaving the boat ramp.
Then into border control - they seemed to be unloading all the cars. I got bumped to the front and asked to open my panniers. They asked for my “carte verte” - this is the V5. This and my passport went off to an office for my carnet to be issued. In the meantime I got asked if I had any drones or maps (no drone, no paper maps either).
With my carnet, I progressed on again - only for my carnet to be checked at a final checkpoint.
Then just beyond this, the portacabins for money changing and insurance - https://w3w.co/lugging.qualifies.retelling
€50/500MAD for 5 days’ cover (seemed to be the shortest amount of time offered) at the CAT booth. They also change money - I found this out on my return as the other money changers were closed. You can also buy a sim - I was fine with my Airalo eSIM.
Return journey - they stop selling tickets 2hrs before the ferry departs, so be prepared for a wait. I paid 596MAD/£49 for a one way ticket - again with Transmed/Armas. Ticket offices are behind the money changers -
https://w3w.co/dwarfism.census.miserably
and I wandered over to change my MAD back into Euros.
They checked my carnet at border control.
Then they lined up a bunch of vehicles and ran an x-ray van over them. Then started to get all the cars and motorhomes unloaded - but I got waved through. Then it was just another ticket check and a random hunt for the queue for my ferry.
Nothing to do on the boat - everything was done in the port at Algeciras.
Fairly straightforward in my opinion.
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