Talks with China Harbour over Alex Port platform back on?

It appears as though talks are back on between the Port of Alexandria and China Harbour over a multi-purpose platform — the Egypt Economic Development Conference project that has been killed and resurrected more times than we can count. The agreement for the project will reportedly be signed before the end of the year, an unnamed official tells Al Mal, without clarifying whether the two sides had resolved the dispute over the project’s total cost. Last we heard, the Transport Ministry was considering launching a new tender for the multi-purpose facility after negotiations with China Harbour reached an impasse.