Sources at Dubai Ports World have recently announced that the company intends to invest Dh32 billion ($8.7 billion) in several industrial development projects Egypt, including a new seaport and a container terminal with related infrastructure at Eastern Port Said.
The newly-established holding company will invest $3.5 billion in the development of the container terminal, while $5.2 billion would be spent on establishing facilities to serve the port and ship and container movement through the Suez Canal, reported Khaleej Times.
According to the deputy chairman of the Egyptian Investment Authority, Mahmoud Atta Allah, the authority will soon conclude its negotiations with DP World on developing the Eastern Port Said project.
Al Bawaba
