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Latest in Tag: transportation

World Bank offers Egypt $400m to decarbonize logistics, transportation sectors
Egypt’s rail system is one of the most extensive in Africa, with a generally heavier focus on its passenger services, and three freight trains per direction per day in the GCA with the rest dedicated to passenger trains.

Al-Sisi follows up on cooperation between Transportation Ministry and German Railways
The minister reviewed the process of completing and developing Ain Sokhna Port and the establishment of logistical areas and yards there

Egypt, South Korea explore cooperation in energy, transportation, and education
During his visit, Ambassador Hong met with the Governor of Aswan, Ashraf Attia Abdel Bari, to discuss ways of cooperation in the fields of energy, transportation, education, and culture. He also visited the Benban solar complex and Aswan High Dam.

Madbouly inspects new transportation projects in Greater Cairo
During the inspection tour, Madbouly was accompanied by Minister of Transport Kamel El-Wazir.

Egypt, Russia explore joint transportation sector relations
Ministries of International Cooperation, and Transportation, continuously coordinate to strengthen international partnerships, said Minister Rania Al-Mashat

Technology driving force for infrastructure, education, transportation, entrepreneurship: Al-Mashat
Egypt’s digital transformation plan will see country heading towards paperless government, says Minister of International Cooperation

Irrigation, Transportation Ministers discuss ongoing joint cooperation projects
Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Aaty highlights vital role of both ministries in serving Egypt’s development goals

Uber launches Connect in Egypt for goods transportation
Egypt is first country to roll out the product in MENA region

Public Enterprise, Transportation Ministers review developments in new multimodal transport company
Combining truck, rail services for transporting goods will provide fast, efficient, low cost integrated customer service, says Tawfik

Wearing face masks obligatory on transportation: Interior Ministry
Egypt starts two-week nationwide curfew from 20:00 on Saturday

Transportation companies expects major growth in 2020 due to planned major support
2% expected growth in a number of AlexCont’s containers this fiscal year: Pharos

E-Commerce Summit honours Halan for its services in transportation sector
Adham Madkour logistics manager and Halan representative received the award.

Shorouk Authority reiterates call for public transportation service to city
Shorouk City Authority reiterated its call on the local administration of Cairo governorate to launch a public transportation service linking the city to other neighbourhoods in Cairo

IFC to expand its activities in Egypt’s transportation, renewable energy, entrepreneurship
WBG’s new president praises country’s economic reforms

El-Wazir pledges distinct progress in transportation sector in 1st meeting
El-Wazir met with former Minister of Transport, Hisham Arafat, praised efforts exerted during his tenure

PT Multistrada to re-discuss acquisition of Egypt’s Transportation, Engineering company
Embassy to arrange meeting with GAFI shortly, says ambassador

Transportation: Key investment opportunities include national maritime fleet, ship maintenance
Challenges include clear legislation, elimination of bureaucracy

EGP 19.3bn cost of petroleum products transportation in 2016/2017: CAPMAS
Total amounts transferred by Sumed pipeline reached 65.8m tonnes in 2016/2017, costing EGP 37 per tonne

Egyptians’ work attitude from the perspective of Uber & Careem
“I will reach you in just a few minutes,” a driver of one of the new transportation application companies told me recently—which concluded in my being picked up half an hour later. The dilemma of such applications is that most of the drivers don’t take into account the fact that the application technology determines their …

Cost of transportation of petroleum products in 2015/2016 amounted to EGP 18.1bn: CAPMAS
The total cost of transportation of petroleum products reached EGP 18.1bn in 2015/2016, up from EGP 14.1bn in 2014/2015—an increase of 28%. The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) issued its annual bulletin on the means of transporting petroleum products in 2015/2016, indicating that the total transported quantities by the various means of …

Ideas on how Egypt could liberate its traffic congestion
Aimlessly cruising with a private vehicle in a country like Egypt should not be a personal decision, where citizens lose hours in commuting, which leads to increasing pollution and consuming significant amounts of partially subsidised fuel. The chronic problem of Egypt’s traffic congestion constitutes of drivers’ misbehaviour accompanied by no real penalties, using a large …

CAPMAS issues official increases in transportation fares inside, outside the capital
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) issued a statement on Saturday detailing the official price increases in transportation fare following the flotation of the Egyptian pound. The statement noted the effect of the increase in the price of diesel and oil on individual fares. The fare for an 11-seater diesel-run microbus travelling …

Ousta negotiating investment of EGP 50m in 2016: founder
Service available in 10 cities through 4,000 cars, plans to increase to 10,000 cars by end of 2016

East Delta transportation workers go on strike
Drivers cited late salary payment for the past six months

The age of panic
A country faces terrorism and economic problems. A country faces difficulties in education, health, transportation, inflation of prices and currency devaluation – a country where a policeman killed a taxi driver a few days ago because of a dispute over a fare. This same country sees the deaths of dozens of martyrs on its borders …

Qalaa Holdings closes sale of Misr Glass Manufacturing, United Glass Company
The sale is at a combined equity value for 100% of both MGM and UGC of EGP 828m

Careem acquires funding worth $60m
Abraaj Group is a lead investor in the new deal for the application-based car service provider

Al-Sisi discusses development plans with health, transportation ministers
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi discussed the transference of Egyptian doctors to foreign countries to benefit from the professional qualifications available

Prime minister examines health, transportation sectors in Alexandria
135 buses from the public transportation in Alexandria were repaired in 2015

Qalaa Holding to expand Nile transportation project to Adabiya, Damietta ports
Revenues from African Rift Valley Railways projects record $100m-$110m annually