Consortium of three companies to build Egypt's first dry port – minister

30th January 2020

By: Reuters

  

Font size: - +

A consortium of three companies has been awarded a contract for a $176-million project to build Egypt's first dry port, the first of eight ports the government plans to set up, the transportation minister said on Wednesday.

The companies are Egypt's El Sewedy Electric and 3a International and Germany's DB Schenker Egypt, Kamel al-Wazir told reporters after a cabinet meeting.

Construction work for the 100 feddans (420 000 square meters) port west of Cairo will start on Saturday and last two years, he added.

The port will be able to handle 720 000 containers annually and support 3 500 direct and indirect jobs, the minister said.

Egypt said last year the project would be a public-private partnership between the General Authority For Ports and Dry Land and the winning consortium.

Edited by Reuters

Comments

The content you are trying to access is only available to subscribers.

If you are already a subscriber, you can Login Here.

If you are not a subscriber, you can subscribe now, by selecting one of the below options.

For more information or assistance, please contact us at subscriptions@creamermedia.co.za.

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION