Egypt to Establish Seven New Logistic Corridors Linking Production Hubs to Ports, Positioning the Country as a Regional Trade and Transport Centre
According to the Egyptian Maritime and Transport Sector announcement, within the framework of the state’s plan for sustainable development and Egypt Vision 2030, and implementing President Sisi’s instructions to convert Egypt into a regional centre for transport, logistics and transit trade, the government is ongoing implementation of a comprehensive plan for developing the transport system across the republic, including the establishment of seven comprehensive logistic channels. Such channels aim at linking regions of industrial, mining and agricultural production with seaports, whether on the Mediterranean or Red Sea, and passing by dry ports and logistic regions through roads and railway networks, whether traditional or high-speed electric train.
Such channels include the Sukhna–Alex channel, which extends from Sukhna Port on the Red Sea, passing by the dry 10th Ramadan Port and logistic region, and linked by a railway network through the El-Rubeeky–10th Ramadan–Belbeis line of length 63.5 km. It is linked with the industrial region in 10th Ramadan and then passes by Cairo and the 10th of October industrial city and the dry port, and the logistic region until it reaches Grand Alex Port.
Moreover, the ongoing implementation of the Arish–Taba channel starts from Arish Port on the Mediterranean and reaches Taba Port of Aqaba Bay, passing by heavy industries regions in mid-Sinai, and serving the ongoing logistic regions that are being established in El-Tor, Rafah, El-Owga, El-Hasna, El-Naqab, Taba, Ras Sedr and Bir El-Abd.
On the other hand, the Cairo–Alex channel starts from Upper Egypt Trains Station in Bashteel and serves the dry ports Al-Sadat and 6th October. It is linked with the Bashteel–El-Atfe–Itay El-Baroud–El-Kabary railway line through the Kafr El-Dawar–Al-Sadat juncture of length 36 km and another of El-Manashy–6th October of length 68 km, until reaching Grand Alex Port.
Also, work is ongoing on the Tanta–Mansoura–Damietta channel, which starts from the logistic region at Tanta in order to serve industrial and agricultural production regions of Quesna, Tanta, Kafr El-Zayat, Mahalla and Mansoura, linking them with Damietta Port through the Tanta–Mansoura–Damietta railway line and passing by the dry port in New Damietta.
The projects also include the Gargoub–El-Saloum channel, which starts from Gargoub Seaport on the Mediterranean and reaches El-Saloum Harbour. This port is considered the biggest land port in Egypt and aims at reinforcing trade exchange traffic with Libya, and is linked with the logistic region east of El-Saloum by a railway line of length 223 km.
