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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.

COSCO Shipping Ports – Overseas Terminals throughput – February 2021

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 18, 2021 – In February 2021, COSCO Shipping Ports Ltd has reported global container traffic of over 7.19 million TEU, an...

Philippines ambassador visits Port of Damietta

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 14, 2021 – Philippines’ Ambassador to Egypt, Sulpicio M. Confiado, has visited the Port of Damietta to discuss...

Damietta restarts LNG production

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 24, 2021 – The Damietta liquefaction plant, which has a capacity of 7.56 Bcm per year, ceased activity due to a...

COSCO Shipping Ports – Overseas Terminals Throughput – January 2021

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 18, 2021 – In the first month of 2021, COSCO Shipping Ports Ltd has reported container traffic of over 8.6...

Joint Statement by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Egypt and Cyprus

Joint Statement by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic, the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Republic of Cyprus – February 11, 2021...

Who will be the new CEO of Suez Canal Container Terminal?

The Hague, Netherlands (PortSEurope) February 14, 2020 – Lars Vang Christensen was appointed as the new managing director of APM Terminals facility in...

Suez Canal Container Handling Company seeks growth rates of 5-7% in 2021

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) February 12, 2021 – The Suez Canal Container Handling Company (SCCT) is targeting growth rates of between 5-7% of the...

EBRD supports new dry port development in Egypt

EBRD €1 million contribution for the preparation of new dry port in 10th of Ramadan City – February 10, 2021 Project to improve logistics and to...

Canal Shipping Agencies reports reduced profitss

Cairo, Egypt (PortSEurope) February 3, 2021 – In a stock exchange filing, Canal Shipping Agencies has announced first half profits of EGP 97.08 million...

Damieta Port Authority signs contract to build new breakwater

Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 29, 2021 – Damieta Port Authority has singed a contract with the local Hassan Allam Construction to build a new new...

Cairo seeks to develop Libya railway connection

Cairo, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 28, 2021 – The Egyptian Transport Minister Kamel Al-Wazir has said that the government is planning to extend its...

CMA CGM to operate and manage Pier 55, the Port of Alexandria’s upcoming multi-purpose terminal

Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 28, 2021 – The French shipping group CMA CGM has signed an agreement to operate and manage Pier 55, the Port of...

CMA CGM reported to be interested in multi-purpose terminal in Alexandria port

Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 24, 2021 – The Al-Mal newspaper reported last week that the French shipping group CMA CGM is negotiating the...

COSCO Shipping Ports Limited – Overseas terminals see quarterly increase in 2020

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) January 19, 2021 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited’ overseas terminals reported a Q4 2020 increase in container...

COSCO Shipping Ports – overseas terminals – Jan-Oct 2020 TEU throughput

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) December 9, 2020 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has published TEU container throughput for October 2020. Below are the...

Circle and Ignazioa Messina: From Genoa to Egypt containers under control with RFID eSeals

JOINT PRESS RELEASE CIRCLE and IGNAZIO MESSINA & C.: From Genoa to Egypt containers under control with RFID eSeals – November 23, 2020 First pilot...

Statement by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos after meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi

Statement by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis after his meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi – November 11, 2020 It is with great...

Egypt ranks ports by exports

Cairo, Egypt (PortSEurope) November 5, 2020 – The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) has issued a report on Egypt’s...

COSCO Shipping Ports – Overseas terminals – Q1,Q2,Q3 2020 TEU throughput

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) October 29, 2020 – Below is the container (TEU) throughput of COSCO Shipping Ports’ overseas terminals for the first...

U.S. Ambassador Pyatt’s remarks at the AmCham Greece-Egypt-Cyprus MOU ceremony

Athens, (PortSEurope) October 29, 2020 – U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey R. Pyatt, joined the AmCham event for the Greece-Egypt-Cyprus Memorandum of...

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