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Egypt

Egypt is a country located in the northeastern corner of Africa. regarding ports and shipping, its key asset is the Suez Canal which links the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is the world’s leading shipping lane connecting Asia and Europe. Its primary ports on the Mediterranean coast are Alexandria, Damietta and Port Said.

Damietta Port Authority to host MEDPorts Association meeting

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 17, 2019 – Damietta Port Authority (DPA) will host the next meeting of MED Ports Association’s  Committee of...

COSCO’s European container terminals see higher throughput in February 2019

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 17, 2019 – China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported that in February 2019 output at its overseas...

Russia to sign agreement for industrial zone near Port Said in April

Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 13, 2019 – Egypt’s government expects to sign an agreement with the Russian Export Centre (REC) to start the...

SCZone to present investment opportunities to Indian companies

Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) managers plan to visit India to meet representatives of local companies...

South Korea eyes investments in Suez Canal Exclusive Economic Zone

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – South Korea’s government is interested in establishing a partnership with Egypt for the development...

Russia’s REC to launch industrial complex near Egypt’s Port Said

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Russian Export Centre (REC) plans to complete the construction of the first phase of an industrial zone...

Suez Canal to double annual revenue by 2023

Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 15, 2019 – The new channel of the Suez Canal, opened in August 2015, has paid off in the shortest possible time, the...

APM Terminals’ Suez Canal Container Terminal sees improvements

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 14, 2019 – APM Terminals has reported that some modifications in the Navis N4 Expert Decking Module, the system...

Proposed new dry port west of Cairo attracts international consortia

Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – The Egyptian Finance Ministry has announced plans to build a $100 million dry port west in the 6th of...

Egypt’s Alexandria port sees cargo traffic rise in 2018

Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – Alexandria port handled 62 million tonnes of cargo in 2018, up from 54 million tonnes in the...

Cyprus-based EDT to invest in Damietta Port in oil and gas logistics

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – Cyprus-based EDT Offshore is mulling investing in Damietta Port to support oil and gas companies in...

Suez Canal Container Terminal sees 2018 container throughput rise 3.2%

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E. (SCCT), operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has...

Suez Canal recovers cost for new Suez Canal project

Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Suez Canal Authority has recovered the EGY 20 billion (€992 million/$1.1 billion) cost for the construction...

Ecoslops and Suez Canal Economic Zone to set up unit for treatment unit of maritime oil waste in Port Said

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Ecoslops and Suez Canal Economic Zone have signed an agreement towards setting up a collection,...

Analysis – China on port shopping spree in Europe and globally

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – Since the start of the 21st century, Chinese companies have acquired stakes in some 15 ports in Europe,...

Hapag-Lloyd eyes investments in Egypt’s port sector

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Egypt’s transport minister Hisham Arafat has met representatives of German company Hapag-Lloyd AG,...

Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E. – November 2018 container terminal statistics

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E., operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported...

Suez Canal settles dispute with Sewedy Group unit

Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 31, 2018 – The Suez Canal Authority has settled a dispute with a subsidiary of Sewedy Group over the operation of a land...

Suez Canal executes complicated FPSO towing operation

Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 27, 2018 – The Suez Canal Authority has carried out the complicated operation of towing a floating system for the...

CMA CGM announces feeder service for Egyptian ports

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 26, 2018 – The French shipping company CMA CGM has announced that it will deploy its own feeder vessel to link...

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