Egyptian ports. Port Said

The Subject “Egyptian ports” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Logistics Courses: Transport in Africa, Maritime Transport.

Course: Business in East Africa.

Masters: Transport in Africa, Business in Africa International Business, Foreign Trade.

Doctorate: African Business, Islamic Business, Global Logistics, World Trade.

Languages: or Ports égyptiens. Summaries in Portos de Egito Puertos de Egipto.

Egyptian ports.

Maritime Transport in Egypt:

1. Coast: Egypt has 2,000 kilometers on the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea;
2. Egypt controls the Suez Canal;
3. The Maritime Transport represent 90% of the Egyptian Foreign Trade;
4. The largest Egyptian ports are Port Said and Alexandria;
5. Damietta port: the oldest Egyptian port;
6. Ports of El Adabey, Hurghada, and Nuweiba (development).

Port Said.

1. Port Said is the largest crossing traffic port in the World;
2. Port Said is located at the Eastern entrance of the Suez Canal (North of the Gulf of Suez);
3. Port Said is one of the largest Mediterranean ports;
4. The largest Container hub port in the region;
5. Links to Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia;
6. Area of Port Said: 3 km²;
7. Warehouse area of Port Said: 90,000 m²;
8. Container Yard Area: 435,000 m²;
9. General cargo: 4.9 million tones;
10. 800,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit);
11. Maximum Ship Size: 13.2 meters (draft-vessels);
12. Managed by Port Said Port Authorities;
13. East Container Terminal of Port Said. Operator: China Harbour Engineering Company;
14. Suez Canal Container Terminal of Port Said: Transshipment centre;
15. Projects: agricultural terminal, multi-purpose terminal, new Logistics centre, ro-ro berth.

Port of Alexandria.

1. 65% of the Egyptian Foreign trade;
2. The second largest port of Egypt;
3. Area of the Port of Alexandria: 16 km²;
4. Number of berths: sixty-seven (10,600 meters);
5. 20 terminals;
6. Managed by the Alexandria Port Authority;
7. The Port of Alexandria consists of two ports: Eastern Port and Western Port (commercial Shipping);
8. Distance to Cairo: 180 kilometers;
9. The Port of Alexandria is connected by Road, Rail, and Air transport with the rest of Egypt;
10. Mina el Basal (Cotton exchange) is located in the Port;
11. One of the oldest ports in the World (1,900 BC).

Specialized Terminals of the Port of Alexandria:

1. Passengers;
2. Grains;
3. Petroleum;
4. Coal;
5. Livestock;
6. Container Terminal Hub. Alexandria Container Handling Company;
7. Chinese Hutchison (HPH) Container Terminal.

Zones of the Port of Alexandria.

1. General Cargo Handling;
2. Ro-ro passengers, bulk cargo;
3. General Cargo;
4. Cement, coal, fertilizers;
5. Grains, flour;
6. Zone 6: petroleum dock.

El Dekheila Port.

1. Area: 3.5 km²;
2. Number of berths: 14 (7.200 meters);
3. 6 terminals;
4. Located at 6 kilometers from the Port of Alexandria;
5. The Port of El Dekheila is a natural extension of the port of Alexandria (1986).

Port Said belongs to the East African Economic Area (African Civilization).

Trans-African Corridors:

1. Cairo-Gaborone Corridor;
2. Cairo-Dakar Corridor.

More information about Egypt (EENI African Business Portal).

1. Transport and Logistics in Egypt;
2. Suez;
3. Cairo;
4. Shubra El Kheima;
5. Giza.

Egyptian Businessman:

1. Ahmed Mekky;
2. Tarek Talaat Moustafa;
3. Hassan Abdalla;
4. Mohamed Mansour;
5. Onsi Sawiris;
6. Minoush Abdel-Meguid.

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