Stretching Seaports to Turn Egypt Into A Logistic Hub

CAIRO – 11 August 2023: Egypt possesses 54 seaports, including 18 commercial ones, lying on the shores of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. Those have been awaiting expansion and upgrade to serve Egypt’s purpose to become a logistic hub and to fulfill local needs as well. Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir stated during the inauguration of the Tahya Misr Multipurpose Station at the Port of Alexandria that the Ministry of Transport was implementing 80 projects in ports at a cost of LE 129 billion, in partnership with 100 companies from the private sector.

The government introduced the Tahya Misr (Long Live Egypt) Multipurpose Station, stretching on 2.5 kilometers, in the Port of Alexandria at a cost of LE9 billion. It consists of three terminals spanning over 0.5 million square meters. One for containers, another for general cargo, while the third is dedicated to vehicles. It is equipped with 32 container cranes and 12 container loaders. Yet, the plan is to make them 71 and 30, respectively, in the future. It is noted that the loading and unloading operations are automated, and that the station possesses 92 electric equipment.

The length of the station’s quays is 2,300 meters, enabling it to handle 12-15 million tons of goods per annum and receive 6-7 urtla large container ships at a time, especially that the harbor’s depth is 17.5 meters. The station provides 1,500 direct jobs and 2,000 indirect jobs.

Source: Egypt Today