In a visit that is the first of its kind to the Alexandria Port Authority - His Excellency Mr. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Republic, Mr. Mostafa Madbouly, Prime Minister, Mr. Lieutenant-General / Kamel El Wazir - Minister of Transport, and a group of ministers and general leaders in the state - inspected Alexandria Port on Tuesday morning, September 7, 2021
The visit, which lasted for more than three hours, which was broadcast live, began by inspecting the marine passenger terminal and then heading to the authority’s headquarters, where the presidential inspection ceremony began with the speech of Mr. Lieutenant-General / Kamel Al-Wazir, which he delivered at the Great Conference Hall in Alexandria Port, reviewing the strategy of the Ministry of Transport and development projects in Maritime, river, road and railway transportation His Eminence shed light in particular on the various investment and development projects currently taking place in Alexandria and Dekheila ports, such as 1- Tahya Misr multi-purpose station 2- Berth 85/3 for the handling of wood and grain 3- Multi-storey garage 4- Development of Petroleum Gouna 5- The logistic back of the port of Alexandria 6- Land connection projects through Bridge 27, Bridge 54 and Dekheila Bridge 7- The multi-purpose terminal on berth 100 at Dekheila Port 8- Dry bulk terminal at Dekheila port 9- Unclean casting station at Dekheila port 10- Establishment of the port of El Max The speech of Mr. Lieutenant-General / Minister of Transport - a speech delivered by Mr. / Minister of Finance - was followed by the development and facilitation procedures witnessed by the customs sector for dealers. His Excellency the President and the high-level delegation accompanying him headed to the Alexandria Port Museum, where Mr. Tarek Shaheen, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Alexandria Port Authority, reviewed the ancient history of the port since the era of Alexander the Great, and then referred to the ongoing projects and what the port aims at transforming into A smart green port with capacity and technological capabilities capable of placing Alexandria Port among the best international ports and making it one of the largest in the Mediterranean The multi-storey garage was inspected, then the queuing area for the mobile transport units of the monorail, railway and metro units, and then went to the multi-purpose Tahya Misr station, where Rear Admiral / Abdel Qader Darwish - Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Group for Multi-Purpose Stations - took a review Implementation stages of the project and clarifying its importance and purposes This was followed by a visit to the salt lock, then to El-Gouna Petroleum, and then to the berth of 85/3 The presidential visit concluded by praising the great development that Alexandria Port has witnessed in the past two years and directing to move forward towards completing the development process. Mr. Rabban / Tarek Shaheen - Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Alexandria Port General Authority stressed that the authority will spare no effort in order to reach its deserved position. Among the largest ports in the world, and that work will continue with the support of His Excellency the President towards future horizons by opening the full development of the ports of Alexandria, Dekheila and El Max within two years from now, so that the Alexandria Port Authority will become the jewel of Egyptian and Mediterranean ports. 7/9/2021
