Damietta Container Terminal continues to attract new shipping lines ||Aug 2024


In implementation of the directives of His Excellency Lieutenant General / Kamel Al-Wazir - Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Transport and Industry to take all necessary measures to develop work in the national container terminals, as well as the instructions of the Holding Company for Maritime and Land Transport to intensify marketing efforts in order to attract new customers and increase the market share of the container terminal and the commitment of Damietta Container Terminal to implement the vision of the political leadership and the strategy of the Ministry of Transport to be Egypt a global and regional center for maritime transport, logistics and transit trade. DCHC (Damietta Container & Cargo Handling Co.) has succeeded in attracting the shipping line VUXX Shipping, where Admiral Dr. Rafik Galal - Executive Managing Director of DCHC (Damietta Container & Cargo Handling Co.) stated about the communications that took place with the shipping agency EGL, which is the shipping agent for the Chinese shipping line VUXX Shipping in Egypt, where the two parties agreed to calling the shipping line services at the Damietta Container Terminal, which are services linking Chinese ports, Mediterranean ports, Novorossiysk, St. Petersburg and Kalingrad port in the State of Russia, and it was agreed on the work system to ensure the best service at the terminal and open the way for future cooperation. Indeed, the services of the shipping line have been starting from August 2024, and he added that the shipping line VUXX Shipping owns refrigerated containers and dry containers with the aim of serving the transport of agricultural crops and dry goods between Egypt and Russia, in light of the increased demand for Egyptian exports, noting that the line aims to support the future Egypt's plan to increase exports to foreign markets.