• SCCT completes $500M expansion at Egypt’s East Port Said terminal
• Adds 2.2M TEUs capacity, boosting total to 7M with new cranes and yard space
• Upgrade supports Egypt’s plan to develop Suez Canal into trade and industry hub
  

Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT), a consortium led by APM Terminals, has rolled out new infrastructure and equipment at Egypt’s East Port Said following the completion of its terminal expansion.

The 500 million-dollar investment adds 955 meters (3,133 feet) of quay, 510,000 square meters (5.5 million sq ft) of yard space and 2.2 million TEUs of annual capacity. With the expansion, SCCT’s total capacity rises to 7 million TEUs, supported by 12 quay cranes, 30 electric rubber-tired gantry cranes and more than 90 trucks.

The upgrades, initially announced in 2022, form part of the operator’s long-term concession agreement for one of the most strategic hubs in global trade. East Port Said has strengthened its global standing, ranking third worldwide and first in the region in the 2024 Container Port Performance Index published by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence. The ranking reflects gains in operational efficiency driven by investments in infrastructure, handling equipment and digitalization.

The expansion also supports the Egyptian government’s strategy to transform the Suez Canal from a simple transit corridor into an integrated port and industrial zone. This vision underpins the creation of the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), which has attracted dozens of logistics and industrial projects in recent years.

Henoc Dossa