Egypt's Minister of Transportation Eng. Ibrahim El Demery has appointed on Wednesday Admiral Hossam El Din Sayed Ahmed Youssef as the new vice-chairman of Damietta Port Authority for planning and investment.
It is noteworthy that Admiral Hossam (...)
Senior sources in the Egyptian Ministry of Transportation informed Amwal Al Ghad that Dr. the Minister Ibrahim El Demeiry has appointed Major General Ismail El-Nagdy, the former chairman of Industrial Development Authority (IDA), as the new Chairman (...)
Eng. Abdullah Fawzy, head of Egyptian Co. for Metro Management and Operations, has revealed that the Cairo metro system has been hit with losses of EGP700 per day due to the theft of cables and isolate connections during the last 10 days.
Fawzy (...)
Following a one-hour opening for the Rafah border crossing with Gaza Strip, Egyptian authorities have decided closure for security reasons amid the ongoing unrest.
The General Authority for Ports and Dry Land chairman Gamal Hegazy stated that Egypt (...)
In an attempt to show solidarity with Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Turkey has taken a decision to prevent its vessels, which transfer the exports to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries via the Egyptian ports, no to enter them again. It ordered to (...)
Suez Canal Authority (SCA) asserted that 45 ships passed through the canal on Thursday at weight of 2.384 million tons.
The daily statement releases by SCA said the number of ships coming from the north direction was 21 ones at weight of 974 (...)
Admiral Mohamed Abdel Kader Gaballah, Head of Red Sea Ports Authority, said that the movement inside the ports is going well; indicating that ports of Nuweiba, Safaga and Hurghada received 775 pilgrims and 5115 passengers.
Nuweiba Port received (...)
Egypt's Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced today that 47 ships passed through the canal at weight of 2.943 million tons.
The daily statement issues by SCA said that the number of ships coming from the north direction is 21 ones and at weight of (...)
Ragab Moussa, Assistant Minister of Transport, has asserted that a memorandum of understanding between Istanbul's municipality in Turkey and the recently-constructed Urban Transport Center, at the Egyptian Ministry of Transport, was signed at the (...)
Egyptian National Railways authority, according to its last statistics, announced that the volume of losses amounted to EGP 25.3 million during five months, from January to May 2013, due to the protests transpired on the railways tracks. The (...)
Dr. Waleed Abdel Ghaffar, Head of Technical Committee for Suez Canal Corridor, stated that a delegation takes in the members of the association of Egyptians working in Saudi Arabia will visit Cairo this week to discuss the possibility of (...)
Throughout a month, from April 17th to May 17th 2013, the Egyptian National Railways Authority (ENR) lost EGP 2 million on account of the protests transpired on the railways, said Eng. Hussein Zakaria, Chairman of ENR.
The authority, during that (...)
Hussein Zakaria, Chairman of the Egyptian National Railways Authority (ENR), has asserted that the ENR has allocated $ 800 million to implement five big ventures to improve the infrastructure to the railways within five years.
He referred to the (...)
During the current week the Egyptian National Railways Authority (ENR) will sign contracts with an Italian company and a German company which won the tender offered by the authority to develop 150 crossing electronically at total costs of EGP 300 (...)
The Red Sea Ports Authority has accredited EGP 50 million as an increase for the development work the Port of Nuweiba to become EGP 220 million total costs.
Eng. Hussein Abo Al Wafa, a director, at the project of Nuweiba Port, said the approved cost (...)
Dr Ahmed Al Beltagy, head of energy sector, at the European Commission to Cairo, said the EU has approved allocating $304 million to finance the energy sector in Egypt.
About $ 60 million had been allocated for restructuring Egypt's energy sector, (...)
Rear Adm. Adel Yassin Hamad, Chairman of Alexandria port, has stated that the Ministry of Transport will finish within days the specifications of a tender for "pier 100" inside Alexandria Port; expecting that the pier will be offered at EGP 3 (...)
Egypt's Cairo governorate will operate next week three new lines in Badr City, Al Obour City and Al Shorouk, in the framework of the governorate's plan to develop the lines of the mass transit and stimulate the companies as well.
A reliable source (...)
Dr Ahmed Al Beltagy, head of energy sector, at the European Commission to Cairo, said the EU has approved allocating $ 162 million to finance the energy sector in Egypt.
About $ 60 million had been allocated for restructuring Egypt's energy sector, (...)
Armell Landen, European Union Representative, said the EU has allocated a total budget of € 123 million to develop the Transportation system in Egypt.
Landen elaborated that the budget is divided into € 80 million to restructure the transportation (...)
The International Business & Investment Association (IBIA) has formed five international coalitions to kick off implementing the project of developing Suez Canal Axis next July.
Waleed Abdel Ghafar, head of the technical secretariat of the project, (...)
Both ports of Safaga and Nuweibaa have received 1425 passengers and 1240 pilgrims, while El Zaytyat Port received Arzo Gas ship, which was carrying 6500 tons of butane.
Admiral Mohamed Abdel Kader, Chairman of Red Sea Ports Authority, has elaborated (...)
Egypt's Port Said Port received this morning the cruise ship "NOORDAM", coming from Greece Port and carrying 1700 tourist from different nationalities and the crew that consists of 809.
The Admiral Ahmed Naguib Sharaf, Head of Port Said Ports (...)
The Port Said Port received on Wednesday morning the cruise ship "AMADEA", which was coming from Sharm Al Sheikh Port and carrying 237 tourists, 308 officers and the crew.
Admiral Ahmed Naguib Sharaf, Board's Chairman of Port Said Port, said this (...)
Egypt's Alexandria Port received today the Bahamian ship "Legend of the Seas", which was coming from Sharm Al Sheikh and carrying 1910 people, 1403 tourists and 507 crew. The ship will head to Italy.
The Admiral Adel Yassin Hamad, Chairman of the (...)