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.
La Spezia port promotes new Silk Road opportunities in Egypt
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port...
Sines port signs MoU with Suez Canal Economic Zone
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Sines port has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Suez Canal Economic Zone...
Venice port to cooperate with Egypt’s Alexandria customs
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 19, 2018 – Venice is working on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Egypt’s Alexandria customs office...
Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E. – August 2018 container terminal statistics
Port Said, (Ports Europe) September 18, 2018 – Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E., part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported August...
Damietta Port Authority see cargo traffic slightly down in July 2018
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 –Â Damietta Port Authority (DPA) has reported that 254 visited the port in July 2018, down from 260...
Ocean Alliance launches new service at West Port Said
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 13, 2018 – The Ocean Alliance has launched a new service at West Port Said, as a result of the deepening of...
Egypt sets up company for operation of multipurpose terminal at Alexandria port
Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Egypt’s transport ministry has announced the incorporation of a joint-stock company for the...
Egypt’s Damietta liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant to resume activities
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 7, 2018 –Â The Spanish Egyptian Gas Company (SEGAS) liquefied natural gas (LNG) complex in Damietta, Egypt, is...
China’s Jushi opens third production line at Suez Canal factory
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 5, 2018 – Managers of China’s Jushi, a global manufacturer fibreglass products, have met the head of the...
CHEC starts construction of second container terminal in Egypt’s Ain Sokhna
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 5, 2018 – China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has officially started the construction of a second container...
Egypt’s Canal Shipping Agencies profit rises in fiscal 2017/18
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 4, 2018 – Egyptian company Canal Shipping Agencies Co. has said its net profit for the fiscal 2017/18, ended June...
Vietnamese companies eye investments in Suez Canal
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 3, 2018 – Vietnamese companies are interested in investing in the launch of fish farming facilities in the axis of...
Arctic route cannot represent alternative to Suez Canal
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 29, 2018 – Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority considers that the Arctic route cannot represent an alternative to its...
Suez Canal books record daily traffic on August 25
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 27, 2018 – Suez Canal booked a record daily traffic on August 25 with 49 ships passing by transporting 4.2 million...
Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E. – July 2018 container terminal statistics
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E., part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported July...
Egyptian president extends Suez Canal’s head mandate
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued a public decree extending the service of the head of the...
Germany’s BAG to invest €70 million in Port Said
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – German company Business Avenue Group GmbH (BAG) has signed an agreement with East Port Said Development...
Suez Canal Insurance Company pays compensation to Suez Canal Authority
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – The Suez Canal Insurance Company has paid a EGY 15 million ($838,000/€733,000) compensation to the...
Suez Canal’s Economic Zone newly established companies amount to 37 in H1 2018
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 8, 2018 – The number of newly established companies in the Suez Canal’s Economic Zone amounted to 37 in the...
Suez Canal generates $15.6 billion revenue in 2015-2018
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 8, 2018 – Suez Canal generated a revenue of about $15.6 billion (€13.5 billion) in the past three years and that...