Seaport
The multipurpose station is located at the Port of Alexandria.
Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir met Tuesday with the Italian ambassador to Egypt to discuss updates on the prospective RoRo freight.
The zone will span over 700 feddans reminiscent of those of the Suez Canal and Ain Sokhna.
A cooperation protocol was signed in the field of port development Wednesday by the Egyptian Company for Maritime Transport (MARTRANS) and Mauritania's United Group for Development.
TransIT - owned by the Ministry of Transport – and Bosch signed Wednesday an MoU to study the project.
New terminals and multipurpose stations are stepping up the significance of Egyptian ports .
The directives took place Thursday in a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir.
Those lands are located in Palmera, Al Sahafeyeen, Daheyet Al Zahraa, Sharq Al Obour, Al Obour, and the port area.
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi followed up on the development of a Mediterranean seaport in Gargoub, west of Egypt, along with an industrial zone and a logistics area in a Tuesday meeting.
The president directed the attendees to make good use of Egypt's unique geographic location to create added value.
Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir announced Thursday the start of the pilot operation of Egypt's first dry port, which is located in the 6th of October City.
Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir made the statement Wednesday.
The terminals will be constructed and operated by two coalitions.
The Egyptian Minister of Transport Kamel el-Wazir accompanied an inspection tour at Alexandria Port, to follow up on the implementation rates of projects, among of them the establishment of new berths.
Those are in the sectors of infrastructure, logistics, port management, food industries, pharmaceuticals, traditional energy, renewable energy, e-payment, digital financial and information solutions.
Major General Mohamed Abdel Rahim Hamid, head of the Red Sea Ports Authority, affirmed the Egyptian state's keenness to develop seaports "as an important tributary to the development of the Egyptian economy."
The two countries also mull cooperation in blue economy.
The prime minister told press that the alliance will invest almost half a billion dollars in the first phase alone in spite of the economic circumstances the world is undergoing.
The signing was attended by Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir, who also witnessed the signing of another memorandum between the same parties.
Samples of Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs will be sent to the labs of the Ministry of Health and Population for analysis.
