AD Ports Group has launched trial operations at Noatum Ports – Safaga Terminal in Egypt ahead of the terminal’s full operational launch later this year.
The new multipurpose terminal is located at Safaga Port and forms part of the group’s expansion across the Red Sea.
H.E. Lieutenant-General Eng. Kamel El Wazir, Egypt’s Minister of Transport, and Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, Managing Director and Group CEO of AD Ports Group, visited the site with senior officials to review the terminal’s facilities, operations, systems and processes.
The terminal is being delivered under a 30-year concession agreement signed in 2023 with Egypt’s Red Sea Ports Authority for the development and operation of the facility.
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Lieutenant General Engineer Kamel El-Wazir, Egypt’s Minister of Transport, said: “We commend the productive partnership with AD Ports Group to deliver a range of strategic maritime port projects along the Red Sea, as well as across various sectors of the maritime transport industry.
“Safaga Terminal serves as a key gateway for the development of Upper Egypt and will play a vital role in supporting the mining activities associated with the Golden Triangle Economic Zone, facilitating import and export operations, and enabling development projects across Northern, Central, and Southern Upper Egypt through enhanced connectivity with the port.”
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Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, Managing Director and Group CEO – AD Ports Group, added: “Egypt is one of the Group’s most important international markets, and serves as a major trade gateway along the Group’s global network, spanning Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and South America.
“With strategic access to the Red Sea, Noatum Ports – Safaga Terminal reinforces our position as an enabler of trade across key waterways. We look forward to the full operational launch of our new terminal later this year, which represents another major step in our cooperation with our partners in Egypt, in line with the vision of our wise leadership.”
Noatum Ports – Safaga Terminal will cover around 810,000 square metres and include a 1,000-metre quay wall. It is designed to handle up to 450,000 TEUs, 5 million tonnes of dry bulk and general cargo, 1 million tonnes of liquid bulk, and 50,000 CEUs of RoRo cargo.
The terminal is expected to become the first internationally operated port terminal in Upper Egypt.
For more information:
AD Ports Group – https://www.adportsgroup.com/
Noatum Ports – https://www.noatumports.com/
