Ongoing is the establishment of Tahia Misr multipurpose terminal at berth 100 of Dekheila port which is considered one of the most important national giant projects in maritime transport sector, this within the framework of the state’s plan to convert Egypt into an international center for trade and logistics on both seas the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. The project aims at raising the efficiency of Dekheila port and converting it into one of the most important hub ports in the Middle East for handling containers and general cargo.
The project includes establishment of an international container terminal with modern technology on berth of length reaching 1200m ( of total length of berth 100 that is of length 1680m) and is of depth reaching 18m, total area of nearly 840thousand m, and capacity reaching 1.5 million TEU annually, so that the biggest part of which is for transit trade, hence participates in enhancing De
The terminals infra-structure has already been accomplished and ongoing is the super structure and the berth’s preparations and equipment in accordance with highest international specifications, and expected that the berth will serve giant vessels of length reaching 400m and up to 24 thousand container on each vessel.
This project will also provide with 2000 direct and indirect job opportunity and represents a main step in supporting the establishment of comprehensive logistic Sukhna- Alex corridor for containers and that links the Red Sea with the Mediterranean.
Moreover, the pre- registration of trucks is one of the most important characteristics of the terminal as it participated in reducing the containers’ waiting time inside the terminal to no more than 25 minutes and hence the terminal was capable of overcoming one of the biggest challenges; the congestion. As through the pre-registration the driver of the truck is informed by arrival date and place of unloading and also departure date.
Worth noting that previously signed was the contract for establishing, managing, operating, exploiting maintenance and re delivery of the container terminal on berth 100 between Alexandria General Port authority and the international alliance MSC Hutchison; one of the biggest maritime alliances all over the world , so as to guarantee the terminal operation with modern international criteria and providing with competitive services that attract major navigational lines.