Egypt and Tanzania are preparing a memorandum of understanding to develop a multi-purpose terminal at the port of Dar es Salaam, as part of a partnership on maritime transport and logistics. The project also provides for a maritime link between ports...
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Egypt: $5 billion target for trade with Indonesia by 2030
Egypt and Indonesia want to increase their bilateral trade to $5 billion by 2030. During an official visit by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Jakarta, the two countries also agreed to expand their cooperation in the...
Egypt: Sokhna General and Bulk Terminal enters test phase
The port of Sokhna, on the Red Sea, has launched the experimental phase of exploitation of its new terminal of general goods and bulk. The first ship, GAMBELLA, landed 1,460 tons of batteries for a storage system...
Ethiopia: ApexBrasil opens first permanent office in Africa in Addis Ababa
The Brazilian trade and investment promotion agency ApexBrasil opened its first permanent office on the African continent in Addis Ababa. This establishment should facilitate trade between Ethiopian and Brazilian companies and...
Maritime transport: MSC partially resumes transits via the Suez Canal
MSC has decided to partially re-establish transits via the Suez Canal on a limited number of services linking East and West. This decision comes after a new assessment of the safety and operating conditions in the Red Sea, while the...
Shipping: Suez Canal traffic is increasing, despite persistent security risks
Maritime traffic in the Suez Canal has reached its highest level since January 2024, with 1,088 transits recorded between 20 July and 16 August 2026. Several shipowners, including Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, began to gradually reintroduce...
Egypt: Mostafa Farouk Ismail Shikhoun named head of the Suez Canal Economic Zone · Global Voices
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi appointed Mostafa Farouk Ismail Shikhoun as President of the General Authority of the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) for a one-year term. He succeeded Walid Gamal El-Din, who had led the authority since August 2022. The...
Egypt: 4,300 km logistics corridor planned to link Chad and Central Africa
Cairo and N的Djamena are accelerating discussions around a 4,300-kilometre land corridor linking the Egyptian port of Berenice to the Chadian capital. The project, which could be extended to the Cameroonian port of Douala, aims to...
800 km pipeline under study to transport Libyan crude oil to Alexandria, Egypt
Libya and Egypt are studying the construction of a nearly 800 km pipeline between Tobruk and Alexandria to transport Libyan crude oil to Egyptian refineries. Estimated at more than a billion dollars, the project is...
Egypt: Trans Cargo Terminal in Sokhna Port Hosts First Commercial Ships · Global Voices
The various freight terminal Trans Cargo, at the port of Sokhna in Egypt, welcomed on 26 July 2026 its first commercial ships after its entry into operation. This step marks the effective start of handling operations on this new...












