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Ports and Suez Canal
Suez Canal accounts for roughly 7.5%
- f world sea trade and is one of the
world’s five ‘strategic chokepoints’ through which the overwhelming majority of the world’s oil flows. Egypt has 40 sea ports, of which 12 are commercial ports; six mining ports; six fishing ports; five marinas; and 10 oil shipping ports. Among the most important ports are Alexandria, the biggest port in Egypt, and the Port of Dekheila,. Damietta Port has the largest container terminal and the most sophisticated equipment in the Middle East, while Port Said and Port Suez occupy strategic positions at each end of the Suez Canal. Port infrastructure is also weak and suffers from lack of maintenance of equipment, evidence points to inability to meet the requirements
- f shipping lines due to insufficient
space and water depth to accommodate containers. .
Air Freight
Egypt has 73 airports with paved runways, five of which are international airports. Egypt’s airport development plans are driven by longterm tourism opportunities. The largest and most active airport is in Cairo, being the second‐busiest airport in Africa with direct flights to most countries. There are frequent flights within the country and improvements to the air infrastructure will increase handling capacity and efficiency, which will benefit the transport and logistics sector.
Rail
The rail freight sector’s network is limited and undeveloped its
- perational capacity is stretched to
the limit. Up to 85% of rolling stock is long past its replacement date. Railway connects Cairo and Alexandria with the main towns in the north of the country, all the large towns in the Nile Basin down to Aswan, and Safaga
- n the Red Sea coast. But does not
cover new, important
- rigin/destination flow zones.
Absence of direct links to dry ports and factories and storage terminals is another hindrance. .
Land Transport
Egypt’s roads carry the largest share
- f freight (53%), which increases the
country’s dependence on the maintenance of the road
- infrastructure. 92% of roads are
- paved. But narrow and of poor quality,
network capacity is inadequate, and the vehicles used are mostly outdated. In 2011 the road transport industry comprised approximately 743,000 trucks, most of which are not capable
- f carrying containers, thereby
hampering port‐hinterland container
- transport. These trucks have also been
found unsuitable for carrying specific commodities, mainly agricultural products. Additionally increase in the number of long trailer vehicles, which are not built to standard international specifications and jeopardize road safety.
Poor Infrastructure Slows Tempo of Market Growth. In 2010, Logistics revenues touched $17.04 bn. Government has been unleashing initiatives to make the country a global logistics hub by facilitating business processes.
