Budget allocated to Egypt's seaports development in 2014/24 is LE129B

CAIRO – 17 August 2022: Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir stated Wednesday, while accompanying Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli in a tour in Alexandria, that the budget allocated to the renovation of seaports between 2014 and 2024 is LE129 billion.

The plan includes introducing new quays stretching on a total of 35 kilometers, and having a depth of 15-18 meters. After completion, the total length of quays at Egyptian seaports will become 73 kilometers. In addition, breakwaters are being established along 15 kilometers.

Further, waterways are being enlarged for their total capacity to become 22 million containers (370 million tons of goods) per annum up from 12 million containers (185 million tons of goods).

Speaking of Alexandria's Dekheila Port, the minister explained that the construction of a multipurpose station is underway at Quay 100. The station's dimensions are 1,800 meters in quay length, 18 meters in harbor depth, and 1.3 million square meters in width.

The station's capacity is 1.5 million containers, and it will be connected to the high-speed electric train. Equally, a quay dedicated to dry casting is being built. Its length, width, and depth are 1,150 meters, 15 meters, and 300,000 square meters.