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.
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...
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...
Hutchison Ports announces investment in Ain Sokhna Port, Egypt
Cairo, Egypt (PortSEurope) March 17, 2023 – Hutchison Ports, the global port operator, has announced an investment in Ain Sokhna Port, Egypt’s major...
SCZONE, Hungary sign a cooperation agreement
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) March 16, 2023 – A delegation from the Hungarian Export Promotion Agency (HEPA) has visited the Suez Canal Economic Zone...
SCZONE receives Zhejiang delegation to discuss means of cooperation
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) March 16, 2023 – The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) has hosted a high-level delegation from Chinese Zhejiang province,...
Russia’s FESCO plans more engagement with Africa
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) March 15, 2023 – Russia’s transport group FESCO plans more engagement with Africa with new services planned....
Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E. – TEU handled 2018-2022
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 30, 2023 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has published the final TEU handling figures for Suez Canal Container...