New Suez Canal funding/feasibility criticised
NewsThe Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has come in for sharp criticism over funding and feasibility issues for its new canal which opens later today...
East Port Said “side-channel” to be built
NewsThis Thursday’s opening of the new Suez Canal is likely to be accompanied by an announcement that a new side-channel to the canal’s Medi...
Suez expansion completed
NewsThe first container ships have passed through the enlarged Suez Canal as part of final trials on the project, which now allows two way traff...
Super Suez plan takes shape
NewsThe Egyptian Government is due to select a company from a shortlist of 14 to develop an industrial, technological and logistics corridor alo...
Struggle for power threatens Egyptian trade
NewsOngoing violence in Egypt has begun to affect port operations in this key trading nation...
Suez Canal Container Terminal posts 11% increase
NewsA throughput increase of 11% in 2009 brought total volume to 2.7M TEU and the Phase II plan to double capacity to 5.4M TEU is on schedule...
Egypt to build river port network
NewsThe Egyptian government has underlined its determination to develop a network of river ports. The results of a tender to build two ports on ...
Konecranes lifting business in Egypt
News2009 was obviously difficult for Konecranes, along with other suppliers of port handling equipment and services. Yet the year also brought n...
Third container terminal planned for East Port Said
NewsThe Egyptian Transport Ministry has announced that a tender will be issued next year for the construction of a third container terminal at E...
Egypt plans Said expansion
NewsEgypt plans to invest more than US$5.5B to expand Port Said into a transhipment hub with a potential throughput of more than 15M TEU/year by...
AICT opens for business
NewsAlexandria International Container Terminals (AICT) celebrated the official opening this month of its two new container terminals at Alexand...
Egyptian ports strategy remains firmly on course
NewsThe decision earlier this year to expand capacity and the range of services at the new Port of Sokhna has underlined the success of the Egyp...
More cranes for Sokhna
NewsAs part of its ongoing masterplan to continue expansion, Sokhna Port has ordered two more superpost-Panamax (22-wide) ship-to-shore cranes, ...
DP World eyes Egypt
NewsDP World (DPW) has announced that it will invest close to US$$8.7B in Egypt to develop a seaport and some other industrial projects. The inv...