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.
Suez Canal traffic increases over 12% in February 2019
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 2, 2020 – Osama Rabie, the head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), has announced that in the month of February...
Eni, Naturgy reach deal to reopen Egypt’s Damietta LNG plant
Eni reaches agreement with partners to amicably resolve the disputes affecting Union Fenosa Gas allowing the restart of the Damietta liquefaction plant in...
COSCO Shipping Ports sees global total of 8.125 million TEU, a year-to-date fall of 4.6%.
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 17, 2020 – In January 2020, COSCO Shipping Ports Ltd handled a global total of 8.125 million TEU, a year-to-date fall...
EIB supports upgrading of Tanta – EL Mansoura – Damietta railway
News – European Investment Bank – February 10, 2020 The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Egyptian Ministry of International...
Egypt holds talks with EUROGATE to progress logistics zone in Damietta port
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 16, 2020 – Transport Minister Kamel el Wazir has met with senior management of Germany’s EUROGATE Group and...
Cairo to start work on country’s first dry port
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 13, 2020 – Egypt will soon start work on its first dry port to be located in the capital city of Cairo. It’s...
Ecoslops – 2019 turnover and significant events
News release – Ecoslops – January 30, 2020 Continuing the strong growth of previous years, 2019 has ended with further growth of 17% in activity,...
Suez Canal sees increased tonnage and revenue in 2019
Port Said (Ports Europe) January 21, 2020 – The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has reported that last year the Canal accommodated 18,880 vessels, compared to...
COSCO Shipping Ports sees 4.8% increase in TEU handled in 2019
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 21, 2020 – In 2019, COSCO Shipping Ports Ltd handled a global total of 102.7 million TEU, up 4.8% on the previous...
Egypt shows commitment to China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 12, 2020 – In a joint press conference with Chinese Foreign Minister, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said...
DP World Sokhna to facilitate trade, logistics in Egypt
DP World Sokhna – December 4, 2019 DP World Sokhna has recently entered into a trilateral partnership with the China State Construction Engineering...
Faster access to SCCT via new tunnel lowers logistics costs – APM Terminals
The opening of the new 3rd July tunnel, also referred to as Port Said tunnel, under the Suez Canal just south of Port Said last week is an important piece of...
COSCO Shipping Ports’ overseas terminals see 12.1% rise in October 2019 traffic
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) November 29, 2019 – In October 2019, the overseas terminals of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited saw container...
Italy’s port of Bari and Chamber of Commerce have visited Damietta Port
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) November 3, 2019 – Admiral Walid Awad, Chairman of the Damietta Port Authority (DAP), received a delegation from the...
Ambassador of Egypt visits AdSP del Mare di Sardegna, Cagliari
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 31, 2019 – The president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Di Sardegna (AdSP – Sardinian...
COSCO Shipping Ports’ overseas terminals see 13.3% rise in September 2019 traffic
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) October 24, 2019 – In September 2019, the overseas terminals of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited saw container...
Contship and Eurogate sign up for Damietta port logistics project
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) September 16, 2019 – European terminal operators Contship and Eurogate have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with...