Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir announced Thursday the start of the pilot operation of Egypt’s first dry port, which is located in the 6th of October City.
The minister’s announcement was made during his speech at COP 27, underlining that the project is established and managed through the public-private partnership model.
The port is a joint venture by the ministry’s General Authority for Land and Dry Ports (GALDP), and a coalition comprising Elsewedy Electric and Germany’s DB Schenker. However, it was funded by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
The minister stated that October Dry Port (ODP) provides 500 direct jobs, and 2,000 indirect jobs. He added that it is the first of 14 planned dry ports/logistics centers to be built across Egypt, and connected with railways and seaports, with a total capacity of five million containers a year.
The OPD spans over 100 feddans (one feddan equals 4,500 square meters), has a capacity of 720,000 containers a year, and is located 25 kilometers away from the city’s industrial zone.
Source: Egypt Today Magazine