Egypt's President 'Abdel Fattah El Sisi' has pressed for action to complete a plan to upgrade six ports in the Suez Canal region byJune 30, 2018. In a meeting with Investment Minister Dalia Khorshed and Mohab Mamish, the chairman of the Suez Canal Authority earlier on Tuesday 20/12/2016, Sisi directed that the SCA coordinate efforts with the private sector to make use of empty platforms at the ports in the Suez Canal region. Mamish posted Sisi on the plan to upgrade the six ports, namely East Port Said, West port Said, Sokhna, Arish, Tor and Adibiya, said presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef.