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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.

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

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E., part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported June 2018...

Egypt reviews port development plan until 2030

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 – Egypt’s Ministry of Transport and the Arab Academy for Technology and Maritime Transport held a meeting...

Egypt to list Alexandria Containers Handling Company on stock exchange

Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Egyptian Maritime Transport company aims to put an additional equity share in Alexandria Containers Handling...

Damietta Port Authority studies a steps to buttress investment and attract further port users

Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) July 4, 2018 – Damietta Port Authority (DPA) is studying a new measures to buttress investment and attract further port...

Suez Canal, Kuwait’s Agility sign contract for $100 million Port Said logistics complex

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 26, 2018 – Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) and Kuwaiti-owned Agility Logistics have signed a cooperation agreement for...

Suez Canal recording highest revenue ever

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is recording the highest revenue in its history this year, the head of the...

Suez Canal president calls for regulations favouring investments

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) plans to draw up a general plan to attract more cargo traffic to the Nile...

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

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E., part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported May 2018...

Suez Canal Authority completes 90% of tunnel construction project

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 15, 2018 – Suez Canal Authority has said that the projects for the construction of seven new tunnels between Sinai,...

ThyssenKrupp is possible investor in Egypt’s Damietta port

Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 13, 2018 – Following discussions between ThyssenKrupp and Tarek El-Molla, acting Egyptian minister of petroleum and...

Damietta Port cargo traffic increases 18% in March

Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 10, 2018 – The Damietta Port Authority (DPA) has said that the amount of handled cargo at the port increased by 18%...

TransLogMED: UfM launches project to improve intermodal transport connectivity in the Mediterranean

Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) has launched the “TransLogMED” project at the first Mediterranean Conference on Maritime Transport and Logistics, held...

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

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) May 17, 2018 – Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E., part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported April 2018...

Bahri Logistics launches new regular service from Venice to Egypt and further

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) May 12, 2018 – The Saudi company Bahri Logistics is to launch a new regular service from Porto Marghera, Venice, to Egypt,...

Magna discusses automotive investment in East Port Said

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) May 4, 2018 – Magna, the Austrian auto manufacturer, has held investment discussions with the Suez Canal Economic Zone...

Yang Ming starts Koper port service

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) May 2, 2018 – Yang Ming, a Taiwan-based shipper, has set up a new weekly service between Koper and the ports of Piraeus...

Egyptian government considers Red Sea and Mediterranean railway connection

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) April 30, 2018 –  The Ministry of Transportation is studying the construction of a railway connecting the Red Sea and...

CMA CGM has started its Adrimed service linking Mediterranean ports

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) April 27, 2018 – CMA CGM has started its Adrimed service, which will connect Koper, Piraeus, Limassol, Alexandria, Beirut...

Damietta port reports improved January 2018 traffic

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – Damietta Port Authority (DPA) has reported an increase of 1.8% in the number of ships at the port in...

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

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) April 16, 2018 – Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E., part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported March...

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