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Articles of the author Khair Ragheb
Report: Egyptian expat summer vacationers from Gulf down 50%
The number of Egyptian expatriates living in the Gulf states who vacation in Egypt during June and July has declined by 50 percent, according to a report issued by Arab Bridge Maritime, a private company. The company is co-owned by Egypt, Jordan and (...)

25 - 08 - 2011
Railway operation resumes as Tanta workers end sit-in
Railways resumed operation Tuesday after a hiatus caused by protesting workers at the Tanta railway station in the Gharbiya Governorate. The workers had previously blocked the railways, demanding fairer bonuses. Head of Egyptian National Railways (...)

16 - 08 - 2011
Low-ranking police officers demand their superiors face trial for murder
Low-ranking police officers staged protests in Cairo and other cities on Wednesday, demanding that their superiors be brought to trial for ordering the killing of demonstrators during the revolution. The only verdict handed down so far was issued in (...)

15 - 06 - 2011
Mubarak metro stop renamed ''Martyrs'' station
A transportation ministry committee has announced that the Mubarak metro station will be renamed "Martyrs" station. Engineer Mostafa al-Sheimy, chairman for the Egyptian Company for Metro Management and Operation, announced the change, saying the (...)

30 - 04 - 2011
International report puts Egypt on maritime transport black list
The International Maritime Organization ranked Egypt one of the most dangerous countries for maritime transport in a recent report. The report evaluates more than 200 member countries and puts them on either a black list, gray list or white list (...)

08 - 04 - 2011
Trains disrupted as 1000s of railway employees strike
Some 3000 Egyptian National Railways (ENR) employees went on strike demanding that Transport Minister Atef Abdel Hamid reconsider their incentives. The protesters sat on railway lines, disrupting train services, and threatened not to move until (...)

09 - 02 - 2011
Egypt to launch Cairo-AUC supertram by 2015
The Egyptian government on Monday announced plans to build a supertram so as to connect American University in Cairo, located in New Cairo, with the capital's subway network. Egyptian Transport Minister Alaa Fahmy said that a feasibility study has (...)

27 - 12 - 2010
Truckers strike enters its 18th day in 7 governorates
Heavy-freight truck owners continued their strike on Sunday, ushering the episode into its 18th day in seven governorates. The truckers cited blurry government concessions, concerning the recently-issued requirement to transform all semi-trailers to (...)

26 - 12 - 2010
NCW head: Sexual harassment bill tripped up by male MPs
Farkhonda Hassan, secretary-general of Egypt's National Council for Women (NCW), has accused male parliamentarians of obstructing proposed legislation against sexual harassment. “I hope the female MPs who won in the recent elections will help revive (...)

08 - 12 - 2010
Railways lack capacity to transport Eid vacationers, officials say
The Egyptian Railways Authority in a statement on Tuesday said it does not have the capacity to tranport three million passengers expected to travel from Upper Egypt to the country's north during the Eid vacation due to a shortage in trains and (...)

09 - 11 - 2010
Transportation Ministry trying to obtain US$ 1.5 billion loan to construct a fourth metro line
The Ministry of Transportation is considering taking out a Japanese government loan to finance construction of a fourth metro line in Cairo. The ministry would first need official presidential approval. The fourth metro line would run from al-Malak (...)

04 - 11 - 2010
Fourth metro line to cost US$1.5 bn, financing yet to be confirmed
The Ministry of Transport is seeking presidential approval to request a Japanese loan to finance the first phase of a planned fourth subway line, an official ministry source said. Construction on the project's first phase--expected to cost an (...)

01 - 11 - 2010
Iraqi official urges more Egyptian investment
Iraqi officials recently lauded Egyptian development in the embattled country while urging more investment. “Egyptian labor is the best for our urban development,” said Iraqi Transport Minister Amer Abdel Gabbar. Previously, more three million (...)

31 - 10 - 2010
Ex-minister: Road accidents claimed 7000 Egyptian lives in 2009
Some 30,000 road accidents took place in Egypt last year alone, killing 7000 people and injuring a further 30,000, according to former transportation minister Essam Sharaf. Sharaf pointed out that 11 NGOs were currently working on road safety (...)

18 - 10 - 2010
Report identifies causes of endemic train catastrophes
A report by the Ministry of Transport's railway safety unit has identified 20 causes for train accidents during the year 2009 and the first half of 2010. The report was sumbitted to the ministry's head Mohamed Alaa Fahmy. Negligence and (...)

23 - 09 - 2010
Egyptian National Railways: Only 18% of railway lines safe
Just 18 percent of Egypt's railway lines are operating safely, says the third annual report from the Safe Transportation Unit of Egyptian National Railways, which cites the use of old mechanical signal devices as a particular safety risk. In 2009, (...)

13 - 09 - 2010
PM puts Cairo public transport under ministry''s jurisdiction
Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif has issued a decree putting public transportation throughout Greater Cairo under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transportation. It had previously been the joint responsibility of the Cairo governor and Interior (...)

30 - 08 - 2010
Port official: Channel to be dug parallel to Suez Canal by 2012
A tender for the construction of a navigation channel parallel to Egypt's Suez Canal will be offered before the end of this year, according to Port Said Port Authority President Ibrahim Seddiq. The new channel will serve vessels entering the port of (...)

22 - 08 - 2010
Attaba residents warned of tremors from work on 3rd Metro line
The Subway Authority has warned residents of Attaba in downtown Cairo of the possibility of minor tremors resulting from ongoing work on Cairo's third Metro line, which will run through the area. Inspecting a sinkhole on Al-Geish Street--caused by (...)

17 - 08 - 2010
Work on 3rd Metro line causes sinkhole in Attaba
A new digging machine--dubbed the "Nefertari"--has caused a 5-centimeter deep, 2.25-meter long sinkhole on al-Geish Street in the downtown Cairo district of Attaba. The machine had been in the process of digging a tunnel for Cairo's third subway (...)

16 - 08 - 2010
Hijacked ship arrives in Somalia
A ship hijacked by Somali pirates earlier this week has arrived in Somalia in order to avoid a European anti-piracy task force in the area, according to sources at Red Sea Navigation (RSN), the company that operates the ship. The same sources said (...)

05 - 08 - 2010
Communication cut with hijacked Egyptian vessel
Communication with the MV Suez has been completely cut off, said an official source from the Red Sea Navigation Company, owner of the vessel that was hijacked on Monday off the Somali coast. The ship had 11 Egyptian crew members on board. The last (...)

03 - 08 - 2010
Extra technology for 2nd metro line, says Minister
A 2nd metro line linking the districts of Munib and Shubra el-Kheima will be updated with state of the art equipment for periodic maintenance, said Egypt's Minister of Transportation, Alaa Fahmi. Fahmi noted that currently the Egyptian Company for (...)

15 - 07 - 2010
Minister calls on private sector to invest in transport
Egyptian Transport Minister Alaa Fahmy has invited the private sector to partake in joint-ventures with the government in the transport sector, where improvements in infrastructure are much needed. At a meeting of the Canada Egypt Business Council (...)

01 - 07 - 2010
Minister orders salary raises for rail workers
Transportation Minister Alaa Fahmy ordered bonuses and 200-percent salary increases for railway workers, accounting for a total of LE83 million of the 2010/2011 state budget. "This decision aims to improve the operations of this important service, (...)

10 - 06 - 2010
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