Project Description

  • Project name: Port development El Sokhna
  • Project location: Egypt

  • Name of client: Sokhna Port Development Company (later DPW Sokhna)

  • Name of client: Port&Logistics Management International BV
  • Period: 1999 – 2011

Description of the project

El Sokhna Port was constructed as a new deep sea port development, 45 km south of Suez on the Red Sea. The port development is part of a large industrial development initiated by the Government of Egypt. The development includes a 9,000 Ha Special Economic Zone, where industrial plants and industries are established.

Services provided by Port Consultants Rotterdam

  • Preparation of the original business plan and Master Plan ‘Port El Sokhna 2020+’.
  • Technical design of all cargo terminals (Container, Liquid Bulk, Dry Bulk and a General Cargo).
  • Project management and supervision of all infrastructural works inside Sokhna Port for a period of over 10 years. terminal construction & expansions, including equipment selection, specifications & procurement.
  • General, operational and equipment management of Sokhna Port for a period of 7 years.
  • Assessment and follow-up on numerous business opportunities related to companies in or around Sokhna Port, in all industries, interested to use Sokhna Port for throughput of their import or export cargo.
  • Continuous assessment of mutual business opportunities, estimates of investment and operational costs, planning of terminal and port extensions, contracting & (sub) concession agreements, financing and implementation planning, etc.