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Egypt to allow 24-hour access to East Port Said with new waterway
Published in Ahram Online on 28 - 07 - 2015

Egyptplans to allow smaller vessels in theMediterraneandirect access to East Port Said around the clock instead of just eight hours a day by building a side channel near theSuez Canal, which will speed up shipping movements in the area.
Klaus Holm Laursen, managing director ofSuez CanalContainer Terminal (SCCT), the company partially financing the project, told Reuters on Tuesday the project would allow vessels to enter and exit East Port Said, and divert traffic from the canal's entrance.
SCCT is 55 percent owned byAPM Terminals, part of the Maersk group, and is paying $15 million into the project which a seniorSuez Canal Authoritysource said would cost $60 million to build.
"The waterway will benefit the entire east port, not just SCCT. You can't have a seaport without having any ships; it's like having an airport without a runway," Laursen said.
Egyptplans to build the new side channel after it unveils a newSuez Canalnext month and hopes it will be one of the first projects in a planned international industrial and logistics hub to be built around the canal.
ASuez Canal Authoritysource told Reuters the new channel would be 9.5 km (6 miles) long, 18.5 metres deep, and 250 metres wide and take around seven months to build.
Currently every vessel that comes through East or West Port Said has to be coordinated with theSuez Canalconvoy.
"SinceEgyptwants to have as many ships as possible in the convoy because theSuez Canalis where it makes most money, this does not leave many hours free for sailing in and out of the East or West ports," Laursen said.
SCCT's agreement with theEgyptian governmentwas updated in 2007 to require the company to pay $15 million into the side channel's construction. SCCT paid half the amount in 2010 and will pay the rest upon the project's completion, which was initially scheduled for 2012, Laursen said.
An APM Terminals spokesman inThe Hagueconfirmed the terms of the payment.
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