Alexandria
The Port of Alexandria is on the West Verge of the Nile Delta between the Mediterranean Sea and Mariut Lake in Alexandria, Egypt. It is considered the main port in Egypt. It consists of two harbours (East and West) separated by a T-shaped peninsula. The East harbour is shallow and is not navigable by large vessels. The West harbour is used for commercial shipping. It is managed by state-owned Alexandria Port Authority.
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...
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...
Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling Company sees reduced
Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 15, 2020 – Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling Company has reported a net profit reached EGP 1,040,202,432 in...
Egypt’s port of Alexandria expands to speed-up cargo processing
Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 15, 2020 – Egypt’s largest port, Alexandria, is in the middle of an ambitious upgrade and expansion programme that...
PSA Pra’: new EMA container service
First ship of the new containerized maritime service EMA (East Mediterranean – America) managed by the shipping companies ONE / COSCO / OOCL / Yang Ming...
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...
Waleed Awad appointed head of the Damietta Port Authority
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) August 17, 2019 – Transport Minister Kamel El Wazir has announced that Waleed Awad has been appointed head of...
DP World and PSA International interested in new Dry Port project
Cairo, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 13, 2019 – The local Ministry of Transport has announced a tender to participate in the construction of the...
Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling Company net profit declines 21% in 9-mo FY 2018/19
Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 – Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling Company SAE recorded a 21% decline in net profit...
Koper port hosts promotional event in Cairo
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 18, 2019 – Port operator Luka Koper d.d. has held its now annual event in Cairo with its Egyptian business partners,...
Proposed new dry port west of Cairo attracts international consortia
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – The Egyptian Finance Ministry has announced plans to build a $100 million dry port west in the 6th of...
Egypt’s Alexandria port sees cargo traffic rise in 2018
Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – Alexandria port handled 62 million tonnes of cargo in 2018, up from 54 million tonnes in the...
CMA CGM announces feeder service for Egyptian ports
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 26, 2018 – The French shipping company CMA CGM has announced that it will deploy its own feeder vessel to link...
Dutch CDR company signs agreement to assist Alexandria port
Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) November 12, 2018 – The Egyptian Ministry of Transport has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with...
USPA signs agreements with two leading ports of Egypt
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 4, 2018 – On Friday, November 2, a memorandum on cooperation between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA)...
Valenciaport Foundation trains managers from Kuwait and Egypt
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 28, 2018 – The Valenciaport Foundation (Fundación de la Comunidad Valenciana) has organised a training course...
Port Said to receive two vessels produced by Germany’s Voith in 2019
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 28, 2018 – Port Said expects to receive in 2019 two vessels to facilitate the handling of ships, produced by German...