A delegation from the shipping line Hapag-Lloyd visits Damietta Container Terminal ||May 2024


DCHC (Damietta Container & Cargo Handling Co.) received on Wednesday 15-5-2024 a high-level delegation from the Hapag-Lloyd shipping line, represented by Mr. Chris Schmid - Managing Director- Quality Service Center EastMed, Mr. Alper Tavukcu - Director Operations - Quality Service Center EastMed, and Mr. Amr Ismail - Director of Operations in Egypt, and they were received by Admiral Dr. Rafik Galal - Executive Managing Director of DCHC (Damietta Container & Cargo Handling Co.). It is worth noting that the Hapag-Lloyd shipping line is one of the most important customers of Damietta Container and Cargo Handling Company, and it achieved a throughput rate of 27.3% of the terminal's total throughput in 2023. For his part, the Executive Managing Director welcomed the guests and expressed his full support for all shipping lines, including the Hapag-Lloyd shipping line, where the delegation was taken on a field tour to the station to see the new developments that have recently taken place from the exploitation of storage spaces that were not previously used at the station, as well as the new storage spaces added, as well as the yard designated for loading and unloading on the railway train, as well as the container repair workshop, and His Excellency stated that the station continues to implement its giant investments to ensure Providing distinguished services to its customers from global shipping lines as well as Egyptian exporters and importers, and this comes in implementation of the directives of His Excellency Lieutenant General Eng. Kamel Al-Wazir - Minister of Transport to take all necessary measures to develop work in the national container terminals and in line with the Egyptian state's policy to make Egypt a global logistics center.