El Sewedy Electric Group, and includes DB Schenker Egypt, and 3A International alliance won the bid to establish a dry port serving the Industrial Zone in the 6th of October City, with investments expected to reach more than $176 million. The project will be established under public–private partnership (PPP) on an area of 100 feddan in as a port for customs clearance for the containers which are traded in the Alexandria and El-Dekheila ports . The two other competing alliance included an alliance led by the Indian Concord for Construction, the Egyptian Hassan Allam Group, and the Singaporean PSA Corporation. Meanwhile, the second alliance is led by the DP WORLD, in partnership with the Holding Company of Maritime & Land Transport. The port will contribute toward alleviating the congestion of containers in the ports of Alexandria and El-Dekheila, in addition to serving the Industrial Zone in the city. The new port will also create many new jobs The implementation and the operation of this project will take up to 30 years.
