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.
EBRD to approve $125 mln loan to Damietta Port’s 2nd terminal project
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 22, 2023 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is set to approve a $125 million loan to...
Carbox starts new company in Port of Alexandria, Egypt
Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 9, 2023 – Carbox, part of the Tarros Group, has started a new company, Carbox Egypt, based in Alexandria. La...
Moscow keeps promising the development of industrial zones in Egypt
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 31, 2023 – Infrastructure for the Russian Industrial Zone (RIZ) in Egypt will begin to be built by the end of 2023, Vasily...
Russia’s FESCO plans to develop Africa connections
St. Petersburg, Russia (PortSEurope) July 28, 2023 – Executives from the Russian logistics company FESCO have been attending the Russia-Africa Summit and...
CMA CGM and Egypt to cooperate on port development
Cairo, Egypt (PortSEurope) July 26, 2023 – The French logistics company CMA CGM and the Egyptian Ministry of Transport have signed an agreement to...
Port of Alexandria issues tender for commercial centre of a passenger terminal
Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 23, 2023 – The Alexandria Port Authority has launched a sealed envelope bid for the technical and financial...
Egypt inaugurates Tahya Misr terminal in Alexandria
Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 19, 2023 – The Tahya Misr multipurpose maritime terminal in Alexandria has been inaugurated. It is operated by...
Sanctions force FESCO to look to Egypt and North Africa
St. Petersburg, Russia (PortSEurope) June 19, 2023 – Russian logistics giant FESCO transport group is considering a direct container ship service...
Egyptian ambassador meets Port of Volos management
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) June 5, 2023 – A meeting between the Egyptian ambassador to Greece, Omar Amer Youssef, and the CEO of Volos Port Authority...
Russian industrial zone in Suez Canal lost its management company
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) June 4, 2023 – The Management Company of the Russian Industrial Zone in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) in Egypt is to be...
Suez Canal Economic Zone sign investment contracts with China
Port Said, (Ports Europe) May 31, 2023 – The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) has signed a number of agreements and contracts for projects to be...
World Bank publishes “The Container Port Performance Index 2022
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – The World Bank has published “The Container Port Performance Index 2022: A Comparable Assessment of...
Egyptian delegation visits Port of Livorno
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) May 24, 2023 – An Egyptian delegation has visited the Port of Livorno as part of a twinning project –...
Minerva Bunkering receives license in Egypt
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 19, 2023 – Egypt has awarded the first licence to international companies for bunkering ships in the Egyptian ports...
Record breaking $904.5 million for Suez Canal in April
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 11, 2023 – The revenue of the Suez Canal in April increased by $274 million compared to the same months of 2022 ($630.5...
Russia pushes again for opening long-delayed industrial zones in Egypt
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – Sanctions-hit Moscow is desperately trying to create two long-delayed Russian industrial zones (RIZ) with a...
Suez Canal Authority to form waste management company
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) April 12, 2023 – The Suez Canal Authority, the Greek V Group of companies (which owns the Greek company Antipollution),...
Damietta port receives EBRD delegation
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 28, 2023 – In the first week of this month, the Port Authority of Damietta (DPA) received a delegation from the...
AD Ports sign Egyptian port contracts
Cairo, Egypt (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Egyptian Group for...
COSCO SHIPPING Ports announces 25% investment in Sokhna New Container Terminal
Cairo, Egypt (PortSEurope) March 17, 2023 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited (CSPL) has announced an investment in 25% of the equity in Sokhna New Container...