K-Line sets backtracking on port-fee hike as condition to return to East Port Said

K-Line says hike in port fees needs to be scrapped before it can return to East Port Said: K-Line, one of the five shipping lines that withdrew from East Port Said back in March, says that it’s willing to return to the port if the government scraps its decision to hike port fees, the company’s Egypt representative Mohamed Abu Hashish tells Al Shorouk. Company executives will soon be meeting with Transport Minister Hisham Arafat in London to discuss the issue, he adds. K-Line executives had also met with Transport Ministry officials last week.