Egypt PM reviews plans to revitalize river transport

Egypt PM reviews plans to revitalize river transport

Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly recently convened a meeting at the government headquarters in New Alamein City to review a plan for developing river transport.

Also in attendance were Kamel Al-Wazir, Minister of Transport, and Mofid Salah El-Din, the head of the River Transport Authority.

During the meeting, the Egyptian Prime Minister emphasised the importance of implementing the plan to increase the share of river transport within the main transport system in line with President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s directives. This step aims to reduce costs and fuel consumption while taking environmental considerations into account.

Egypt’s Minister of Transport presented the details of the plan to develop river transport in all its aspects. The state intends to activate the river transport system by building advanced river units with international standards suitable for the current infrastructure.

According to Al-Wazir, this will bring many benefits, including, reducing diesel consumption by 64%; lowering traffic density on roads and bridges; reducing maintenance costs and accidents, as well as curbing environmental pollution.

He indicated that the river units are manufactured in Egypt with a local component of 80%, which reduces imports.

River transport is one of the sectors identified by the Egyptian authorities in the state ownership policy document as a candidate