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Egyptian ports. Port Said
Syllabus of the Subject: Egyptian ports. Port Said and Port of Alexandria.
- Maritime transport in Egypt;
- Port Said;
- Port of Alexandria;
- El Dekheila Port;
- Suez Canal.
Egyptian Ports


Maritime Transport in Africa (East African Ports).

Masters and Doctorate in International Business adapted to the Egyptian Students.


Egyptian ports.
Maritime Transport in Egypt:
- Coast: Egypt has 2,000 kilometers on the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea;
- Egypt controls the Suez Canal;
- The Maritime Transport represent 90% of the Egyptian Foreign Trade;
- The largest Egyptian ports are Port Said and Alexandria;
- Damietta port: the oldest Egyptian port;
- Ports of El Adabey, Hurghada, and Nuweiba (development).
Port Said.
- Port Said is the largest crossing traffic port in the World;
- Port Said is located at the Eastern entrance of the Suez Canal (North of the Gulf of Suez);
- Port Said is one of the largest Mediterranean ports;
- The largest Container hub port in the region;
- Links to Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia;
- Area of Port Said: 3 km²;
- Warehouse area of Port Said: 90,000 m²;
- Container Yard Area: 435,000 m²;
- General cargo: 4.9 million tones;
- 800,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit);
- Maximum Ship Size: 13.2 meters (draft-vessels);
- Managed by Port Said Port Authorities;
- East Container Terminal of Port Said. Operator: China Harbour Engineering Company;
- Suez Canal Container Terminal of Port Said:
Transshipment centre;
- Projects: agricultural terminal, multi-purpose terminal, new Logistics centre, ro-ro berth.
Port of Alexandria.
- 65% of the Egyptian Foreign trade;
- The second largest port of Egypt;
- Area of the Port of Alexandria: 16 km²;
- Number of berths: sixty-seven (10,600 meters);
- 20 terminals;
- Managed by the Alexandria Port Authority;
- The Port of Alexandria consists of two ports: Eastern Port and Western Port (commercial
Shipping);
- Distance to Cairo: 180 kilometers;
- The Port of Alexandria is connected by
Road, Rail, and Air transport
with the rest of Egypt;
- Mina el Basal (Cotton exchange) is located in the Port;
- One of the oldest ports in the World (1,900 BC).

Specialized Terminals of the Port of Alexandria:
- Passengers;
- Grains;
- Petroleum;
- Coal;
- Livestock;
- Container Terminal Hub. Alexandria Container Handling Company;
- Chinese Hutchison (HPH) Container Terminal.
Zones of the Port of Alexandria.
- General Cargo Handling;
- Ro-ro passengers, bulk cargo;
- General Cargo;
- Cement, coal, fertilizers;
- Grains, flour;
- Zone 6: petroleum dock.
El Dekheila Port.
- Area: 3.5 km²;
- Number of berths: 14 (7.200 meters);
- 6 terminals;
- Located at 6 kilometers from the Port of Alexandria;
- 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:
- Cairo-Gaborone Corridor;
- Cairo-Dakar Corridor.
More information about Egypt (EENI African Business Portal).
- Transport and Logistics in Egypt;
- Suez;
- Cairo;
- Shubra El Kheima;
- Giza.
Egyptian Businessman:
- Ahmed Mekky;
- Tarek Talaat Moustafa;
- Hassan Abdalla;
- Mohamed Mansour;
- Onsi Sawiris;
- Minoush Abdel-Meguid.

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