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.
Container Port Performance Index 2024 – Top Europe/N Africa – Ranking
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 6, 2024 – The World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence have published the fourth edition of Container Port...
AD Ports to build green methanol facility in Egypt
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Ports Europe) May 31, 2024 – Port and logistics group Abu Dhabi Ports Group (AD Ports), Egypt-based shipping line and...
Damietta port to host new ship scrapping & recycling project
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – Damietta port will be the location for a new ship scrapping & recycling project to be set up by...
Höegh LNG to deploy FSRU Hoegh Galleon to Egypt
Ain Sokhna, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 6, 2024 – Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd has announced an agreement between Höegh LNG, Australian Industrial Energy Pty...
Update: Moscow to finance private firms to buy ports in Africa
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 29, 2024 – Russia is to buy ports in Africa to avoid sanctions restrictions for Russian exports, Roman Chekushov,...
Damietta Alliance signs contract for superstructure works
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) April 26, 2024 – Damietta Alliance Container Terminals has signed a contract with Rowad Modern Engineering for...
Telecom Egypt, EXA Infrastructure sign subsea cable agreement
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 25, 2024 – Telecom Egypt and EXA Infrastructure have signed a subsea cable agreement to develop East-to-West traffic...
Dogus signs MoU with Egyptian transport ministry company
Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 25, 2024 – The Egyptian Group for Multi-Purpose Terminals Company (EGMPT) has signed a memorandum of understanding...
Suez Canal Economic Zone and Antipollution Egypt holds talks
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 14, 2024 – A meeting between the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) and Antipollution Egypt took place recently....
Suez Canal Authority plans to double capacity
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe)- March 6, 2024—The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) plans to double capacity and says the required studies will be ready within 18...
EU delegation visits Suez Canal Economic Zone
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – A European Commission delegation headed by the Director General for the Taxation and Customs Union DG...
Possible new Ro-Ro line Burgas to Alexandria or Damietta
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – There is a possibility for the opening of a Ro-Ro (roll-on/roll-off) line between Bulgaria’s Black Sea...
Albania and Egypt plan joint subsea cable
Budapest, Hungary (Ports Europe) February 5, 2024 – Hungary’s 4iG Plc and Telecom Egypt have reached an agreement on the terms of cooperation...
Damietta Container & Cargo Handling joins the Portchain Connect Network
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 30, 2024 – Damietta Container & Cargo Handling Co (DCHC) has joined the Portchain Connect network. DCHC were...
Boluda Towage starts operations in Port of Abu Qir, Egypt
Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – This month, Boluda Towage has started towage operations in the Egyptian Abu Qir’s container...
Egypt cancels listing of port companies
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 25, 2024 – The Egyptian government will abandon the temporary listing of the Port Said Container and Cargo...
New Ro-Ro line between Trieste and Damietta
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 23, 2024 – An agreement to launch a roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) sea freight line with a capacity of 420 trucks every...
Algeria bans cargo transshipped via ports in Morocco
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) January 15, 2024 – The Algerian government has announced it has banned goods entering the country which have transshipped...
AD Ports signs agreement with the Red Sea Port Authority
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 9, 2024 – AD Ports Group has signed a 15-year concession agreement with the Red Sea Port Authority (RSPA) to operate...
Arab Bridge Maritime multimodal land-sea route bypasses Red Sea
Aqaba, Jordan (Ports Europe) December 31, 2023 – A multimodal transport route will connect the Gulf states through Egypt’s Mediterranean ports with...