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Hapag in JV to open box hub near Suez in eastern Med at Damietta
来源：shippingazette 编辑：编辑部 发布：2022/05/20 09:34:27
GERMAN shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd is engaged in the "Damietta Alliance" to develop and operating a new container terminal in Damietta, Egypt, near the Mediterranean end of the Suez Canal, reports Lloyd's List.
The new terminal will be built as "Terminal 2" in a Joint Venture with Hapag holding 39 per cent, Eurogate Damietta Gmb holding 29 per cent and Contship Damietta 29.5 per cent. Two other partners, Middle East Logistics & Consultants Group and Ship & CREW Egypt SAE, will each hold one per cent.
The new Terminal 2 at the port of Damietta is expected to start operations by 2024. It will have a final total operational capacity of 3.3 million TEU and serve as Hapag-Lloyd¡äs dedicated strategic transshipment hub in the East Mediterranean.
"With the new terminal Hapag-Lloyd will significantly improve its transshipment operation in the East Mediterranean market as well as access to the local Egyptian trade," said Hapag CEO Rolf Habben Jansen.
Said Eurogate chairman Thomas Eckelmann: "With the Terminal 2 being operational in 2024, Hapag-Lloyd and its partners will be able to use a state-of-the-art terminal with sufficient capacity, high productivity and a dense feeder network."
Said Contship Italia chairwoman Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello: "We feel privileged and are extremely grateful for the support of the Egyptian government. The concession to operate the facility is granted to the joint venture for 30 years. This gives us and our respective customers a long-term perspective in the port of Damietta."
Said Egyptian Tranport Minister Kamel Al-Wazir: "This first phase we will establish the Port of Damietta as an integrated logistics hub for containers, which will then be followed by the establishment of logistic corridors reaching to different manufacturing areas in Egypt by railway network."
The new terminal will be built as "Terminal 2" in a Joint Venture with Hapag holding 39 per cent, Eurogate Damietta Gmb holding 29 per cent and Contship Damietta 29.5 per cent. Two other partners, Middle East Logistics & Consultants Group and Ship & CREW Egypt SAE, will each hold one per cent.
The new Terminal 2 at the port of Damietta is expected to start operations by 2024. It will have a final total operational capacity of 3.3 million TEU and serve as Hapag-Lloyd¡äs dedicated strategic transshipment hub in the East Mediterranean.
"With the new terminal Hapag-Lloyd will significantly improve its transshipment operation in the East Mediterranean market as well as access to the local Egyptian trade," said Hapag CEO Rolf Habben Jansen.
Said Eurogate chairman Thomas Eckelmann: "With the Terminal 2 being operational in 2024, Hapag-Lloyd and its partners will be able to use a state-of-the-art terminal with sufficient capacity, high productivity and a dense feeder network."
Said Contship Italia chairwoman Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello: "We feel privileged and are extremely grateful for the support of the Egyptian government. The concession to operate the facility is granted to the joint venture for 30 years. This gives us and our respective customers a long-term perspective in the port of Damietta."
Said Egyptian Tranport Minister Kamel Al-Wazir: "This first phase we will establish the Port of Damietta as an integrated logistics hub for containers, which will then be followed by the establishment of logistic corridors reaching to different manufacturing areas in Egypt by railway network."