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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 – 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...

Damietta port to have new dry port facilities

Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) October 27, 2020 – The holding Company for Maritime and Land Transport (HCMLT), part of the Ministry of Public Enterprise,...

Egypt, France discuss boosting transport cooperation

Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) October 15, 2020 – In Cairo, Transport Minister Kamel Al Wazir welcomed the French Ambassador, Stephane Romatet, the...

Local companies compete for Damietta port solar energy contract

Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) September 21, 2020 – The local Daily News Egypt has reported that 20 local companies are bidding for a tender to construct...

Financing approved for new Damietta port infrastructure

Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) September 21, 2020 – A contract was signed last Thursday for the financing of the construction of a new multipurpose...

COSCO Shipping Ports – August 2020 container throughout

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) September 17, 2020 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported August 2020 container throughout for its terminals together...

Hutchison Ports to work on new container terminal in Egypt

Hong Kong-based port operator Hutchison Ports has entered into an agreement with the Egyptian Navy to develop and operate a new container terminal in Egypt...

COSCO Shipping Ports – July 2020 container throughout

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) August 18, 2020 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported July 2020 container throughout for its terminals together with...

Statement by Greek Prime Minister on signing of Maritime Zone Demarcation Agreement between Greece and Egypt

“My visit to the remote Halki, in the Dodecanese, takes place on a very important day for our country, international legitimacy and stability in the...

Statement by Greek Minister after signing of agreement on delimitation of AOZ between Greece and Egypt

Statement by the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikolaos Dendias, after the signing of an agreement on the delimitation of the AOZ between Greece and Egypt...

Greece – Egypt: Prospects for Cooperation in Maritime, Port Industry and Shipyards

News Release – Arab-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce & Development – July 22, 2020 On July 21, 2020, the Arab–Hellenic Chamber concluded its...

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited – Container throughput Q2 2020

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 15, 2020 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported June 2020 container throughout for its terminals together with...

Construction of Damietta Port’s second container terminal continues

Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) July 14, 2020 – State-owned Damietta Container & Cargo Handling Company (DCHC) has reported that it will finish the...

Suez Canal increase ship transit in first half 2020

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) July 6, 2020 – Osama Rabie, head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), has announced that navigation statistics for the...

EBRD to support Damietta port development

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) June 24, 2020 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), an international financial institution, is...

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