President El-Sisi Follows-up on the Development of the Country’s Port System

President El-Sisi Follows-up on the Development of the Country’s Port System

Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Prime Minister, Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Minister of Transport, Lieutenant-General Kamel al-Wazir and Presidential Advisor for Urban Planning, Major General Amir Sayed Ahmed.

The Spokesman for the Presidency said the meeting followed-up on the upgrading of the port system nationwide.

President El-Sisi gave directives to upgrade the ports in an integrated developmental manner that extends to the surrounding areas of the ports. This development shall also include creating logistics zones to increase their capacity, thereby enhancing their ability to boost international trade, exports and imports. This shall solidify Egypt’s position as a regional and global logistics center and also in the Mediterranean and Red Seas Basins. The President stressed that the progress of nations depends primarily on the transport network of ports, airports, roads and hubs as supportive infrastructure for all sectors of the state.

The Minister of Transport briefed the President on ongoing efforts to upgrade and improve the various ports on the country's coasts, particularly with regard to redesigning and planning them as well as raising their efficiency by constructing breakwaters, dredging and deepening shipping lanes, and establishing new berths to accommodate giant ships. This is in addition to developing the management and operation systems