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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.

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...

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...

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 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...

Egyptian port companies plan local listing next year

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 19, 2022 – Damietta Container & Cargo Handling Company and Port Said Container & Cargo Handling Company...

Suez Canal Economic Zone signs seven MoUs for hydrogen development

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 8, 2022 – The Suez Canal Economic Zone has signed seven Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) for green hydrogen...

New Maersk feeder service connects Vado Ligure with Port Said East

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 4, 2022 – A new feeder container shipping service from Maersk will connect Vado Ligure in Northern Italy with Port Said...

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