AFTER vesting the UN's International Maritime Organisation (IMO) for the executive council elections in London, the Egyptian Transport Minister Saad Mohamed Elgioshy called on Britain's biggest container port at Felixstowe.
There he met representatives of the port managers, from Hong Kong's Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), to see close up the unloading of one of the world's biggest ships, the 19,100 TEU CSCL Globe, reports the UK's Handy Shipping Guide.
HPH is the world's largest port operator with interests in 52 countries including the UK and Egypt and includes in its portfolio an interest in the Alexandria International Container Terminal (AICT).
AICT managing director Darrius Teo was also present during the visit." HPH has operated in Egypt since 2005 when we were the first foreign investor in the port. Since our arrival container throughput in Alexandria has more than doubled," he said.
AICT operates two fully integrated container terminals at Egypt's main commercial ports of Alexandria and at the Port of El Dekheila. Both ports are located on the Mediterranean and support growing local and international trade as Egypt expands.
AICT is a joint venture between Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), Alexandria Port Authority (APA) and two other minority shareholders. HPH has exclusive control and management of AICT.
Said Felixstowe port CEO Clemence Cheng: "We were delighted to welcome Dr Elgioshy and to congratulate him on Egypt's appointment to the IMO Executive Council. While he was at the port we were able to show him some of the recent investments we have made at Felixstowe to increase capacity."