Gov’t announces consortia qualified for Six October dry port

Transport Minister Hisham Arafat announced yesterday the qualifying bids for the USD 100 mn Six October dry port project, according to a ministry statement. The list includes a consortium comprising Elsewedy Group, Germany’s Schenker, and Cairo 3A. A Groupe PSA-Hassan Allam Construction-Concorde Engineering and Contracting consortium is also bidding on the project, as is a consortium made up of the Holding Company for Maritime and Land Transport, the Suez Canal Economic Zone, and DP World. The 100-feddan Six October dry port will be developed under a PPP framework.