House forms committee to study repercussions of port fees hike

House committee to study port fee hike: The House Transport Committee formed a committee to coordinate with maritime companies in studying the repercussions of the Transportation Ministry’s decision last year to hike port fees by as much as 100%, Al Borsa reports. The committee will send its first report to the House within the next two weeks. As we noted earlier this month, five major shipping lines pulled out of East Port Said Port and transferred their activities to Greece in response to the fee hikes. Meanwhile, port workers have called on President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to roll back the fee hikes, Al Mal reports.