Port Said
Port Said is an Egyptian city at the northern end of the Suez Canal, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is managed by the Port Said Port Authority (PSPA), a government agency of Egypt, charged with the responsibility to govern, regulate and develop the port facilities. It is the home of the Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) which is operated by APM Terminals.
Suez Canal Container Terminal receives new cranes
Port Said Egypt (Ports Europe) December 9, 2024 – At the end of November, the Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) welcomed a ship bringing port...
Egypt may privatise seaport companies
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) December 5, 2024 – Local media sources are reporting that the Egyptian government is considering selling equity stakes in...
AD Port signs East Port Said development agreement
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) November 22, 2024 – AD Ports Group has signed a framework agreement with the Egyptian government to explore building,...
New managing director of Suez Canal Container Terminal
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – APM Terminals and Suez Canal Container Terminal have appointed Keld Mosgaard Christensen as Managing...
Maersk launched new container feeder line to Ukraine
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) October 29, 2024 – In defiance of continuing missile strikes against Ukrainian Black Sea ports, Danish giant shipping and...
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...
Russian oil ship-to-ship operations seek new ports in the Mediterranean Sea
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 26, 2024 – Earlier this month, Greece started issuing NAVTEX notices which inform all shipping to stay away from...
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...
Maersk diverts ME2 service around Cape of Good Hope, ports change
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) January 25, 2024 – Maersk has announced that its ME2 service will no longer transit the Red Sea and Suez Canal. Its...
SCZONE, Scatec ASA sign bunkering agreement
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) December 4, 2023 – The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) and Scatec ASA have signed an MoU aimed at issuing a license to...
Volkswagen signs to carry out automotive zone study in Egypt
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) November 13, 2023 – Volkswagen AG has signed an agreement to carry out a feasibility study for the East Port Said...
Siemens Energy, DAI to develop green ammonia, East Port Said
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) November 6, 2023 – Following last year’s memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE),...
Thessaloniki as a gateway to Southeast Europe for East Port Said, Egypt
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 6, 2023 – East Port Said, at the northern entrance of the Suez Canal, sees the Greek Aegean port of...
Tanger Med, Port Said added to new EU emissions regulation
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) October 30, 2023 – The transshipment ports of Tanger Med and Port Said have been added to the list of non-European Union...
Egypt seeks role as trade hub in the new Silk Road
Beijing, China (PortSEurope) October 19, 2023 – Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly of Egypt has attended the Belt and Road Forum for International...
SCZONE announces 1st green bunkering operation in East Port Said
East Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 8, 2023 – Last month, the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) announced the first...
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...
APM Terminals electrifies port equipment
The Hague, Netherlands (PortSEurope) July 23, 2023 – APM Terminals, a unit of Danish shipping company Maersk’s Transport and Logistics division, has...
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...
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...