See also:
Documents and Port Immigration
Buying and using a Moroccan SIM card

Most overland travellers from the UK heading to Morocco in the cooler months take ferries from Portsmouth to northern Spain: Bilbao or better still, Santander. It’s become expensive but when you add up tolls and fuel and time across France it works out the same price for less driving or riding.
The Brittany ferries on this route are well-equipped cruise ships with plenty to occupy you over ~22 hours at sea, while doing a great job of smoothing the voyage across the Bay of Biscay. Brittany also have a no-frills ferry route between Rosslare, Ireland, and Bilbao.

From Santander to Algeciras (the most-used port) is about 1000km, and the empty and fast network of roads west of Madrid (A67, A62, A66 and A381 – right) can get you between the two ports in one long day.
In 2026 the procedure changed a little for non-EU nationals which includes Brits.
As you approach the check-in, non EU Nationals are diverted to the left.
Park up by the blue Police shipping container.
Inside four of five machines scan your passport, take your photo and fingerprints.
Once cleared to leave, proceed to the relevant queue for your ferry.
There are also Police containers on the exit side so there may be a similar process returning to Spain.

Shipping your bike to southern Spain
From Europe at least, forget the idea of shipping or air freighting your moto to Morocco (usually Casablanca). It has be done (from the US) but gets complicated and takes days to release the bike. Better to get it trucked to southern Spain near Algeciras, then ferry to Morocco normally
On a motorcycle, from the UK you can save at least two days each way but getting it trucked to a warehouse near Malaga. I’ve used Fly and Ride. Post Brexit it now costs from £700 one-way but see this thread on using removalists which can be cheaper.

Moroccan Ports
Now that Tan Med port is so easy, few go via ‘Tangier Ville‘ or the nearby Spanish enclave of Ceuta (Sp), although from Alicante, ferries to Melilla enclave (Sp) are often much cheaper than adjacent Nador. The payback can be that on the Spanish side of the land border with Morocco you’ll have annoying ‘helpers’ offering their services. They’re just looking for a tip at the end of it, but on a quiet day, you can manage without them.

Moroccan port maps