Monday 25/Aug/2025 – 01:06 PM
Walid Jamal Al -Din, Chairman of the General Authority for the Economic Zone witnessed For the Suez CanalAnd Major General Mukhtar Abdel -Latif, Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization, today at the economic headquarters of the Suez Canal in the administrative capital. “Sigma Egypt, which will include the establishment of two areas to operate customs deposit squares for storage, handling and repair of value -added containers.
The economy of the Suez Canal is expected two projects to establish customs deposits for containers
It is inaugurated on a total area of 100 thousand square meters distributed by 50 thousand square meters in the west of Qantara, to become the project No. 33 in the Qantara area, west of industrial, and 50 thousand square meters in heat, with investments of 4.2 million US dollars (equivalent to 203 million Egyptian pounds) with full self -fund For the northern region, with Diaa El -Din Ibrahim Khalaf, Chairman of the United Company EGY Group and the commissioner from the partners, while the contract of the project held in the heat, the captain Ahmed Gamal, the Vice -President of the Economic Zone of the Suez Canal for the southern region, with Diaa Al -Din Ibrahim Khalaf as a representative of the coalition.
In this context, Walid Jamal Al -Din, Chairman of the General Authority for the Economic Zone of the Suez Canal, stated that the two new projects reflect the increasing confidence of investors in the economic zone, and the authority’s pivotal role in attracting advanced logistical investments serving regional and international trade.
He pointed out that the establishment of customs deposits in the areas of Qantara West and Sokhna represents a qualitative shift in the integration of logistical activities within the region, and helps to reduce the costs of supply chains and increase the efficiency of container circulation, as well as provide new job opportunities, stressing the work to support the economic region’s position as a global center for supply chains, manufacturing and logistical services, in line with the Egyptian state strategy to become Egypt A pioneering logistical platform linking the continents of the world.
Walid Jamal Al -Din added that the authority aims, through these projects, to develop value -added services for the shipping lines, and to benefit from the advanced infrastructure of roads and ports, in a way that serves investors in the industrial areas of the authority and contributes to the movement of products and enhances the region’s role in the service of transit trade and industrial projects, stressing that this type of projects keeps pace with global changes in the maritime transport industry and logistics, especially with the increasing demand for storage solutions and handling solutions Integrated.
During the signing activities, Major General Arkan Harb, Engineer Mukhtar Abdel Latif, Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization, expressed his appreciation for fruitful cooperation with the economic zone of the Suez Canal and the major Turkish companies, along with the Egyptian private sector companies, and stressed that this cooperation and industrial integration in the container manufacturing project represents a strategic step because of its positive repercussions on supporting the national industry and enhancing the Egyptian economy, by reducing dependence on imports, and in accordance With the latest international quality standards.
He also explained that the Arab Organization for Industrialization has advanced production capabilities and qualified human competencies, enabling it to contribute effectively to this promising project, which contributes to supporting the trade exchange movement and opening new horizons for export to regional and global markets.
It is worth noting that the two projects keep up with the strategic directions of the Egyptian state towards promoting sustainable development and attracting investments in the field of logistical services, in light of the strategic ports of the economy of the Suez Canal, which is integrated with its industrial areas and represents a major gateway to the World Trade movement and the integration of logistical services.
