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Port Said is the largest crossing traffic port in the World

Business in East Africa
- Maritime transport in Egypt
- Port Said
- Port of Alexandria
- El Dekheila Port
- Suez Canal
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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 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.
Trans-African Transport Corridors:
- Cairo-Gaborone Logistics Corridor
- Cairo-Dakar Logistics 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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