Egypt develops eight integrated logistics corridors to boost transport, transit trade

Egypt is implementing eight integrated international development logistics corridors linking seaports on the Red Sea and Mediterranean with the Suez Canal, dry ports, and industrial, agricultural, and mining zones, Minister of Transport Kamel Al-Wazir said. Al-Wazir made the remarks during Egypt’s 2026 World Maritime Day celebration in Alexandria, held under the theme “From Policy to Practice: Enhancing Maritime Excellence” and organised by the Maritime Transport Sector alongside the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) celebrations. The corridors are designed to connect Egypt with markets in the Gulf, the Levant, Africa, Europe, and Asia through railways, the electric high-speed rail network, and highways, while reducing cargo handling times and logistics costs.

The eight corridors are the Arish–Taba, Sokhna–Alexandria, Safaga–Qena–Abu Tartour, Cairo–Alexandria, Tanta–Mansoura–Damietta, Gargoub–Salloum, Cairo–Aswan–Abu Simbel, and Bernice–Aswan–East Oweinat–Kufra–N’Djamena corridors. Al-Wazir said the government’s maritime transport development plan also aims to turn Egyptian ports into integrated logistics hubs. The plan includes developing ports on the Red Sea and Mediterranean, establishing five new ports to bring the total number of commercial ports to 19, and expanding port areas to 100 million square metres. The plan also calls for adding 70 kilometres of new berths with depths ranging from 18 to 25 metres, bringing total berth length to more than 100 kilometres. It includes the construction of 35 kilometres of breakwaters, taking the total to 50 kilometres, as well as the development of navigation channels and expansion of the marine tug fleet to 80 vessels with bollard pull capacities of 70–90 tonnes. Egyptian ports handled 233 million tonnes of cargo…