Construction of the Sixth of October dry port is slated to begin at the end of the month after contracts were handed in late January to a consortium of Elsewedy Electric, Schenker Egypt, and 3A International, reports Egypt Today. Work on the first 100 feddans of the 400-feddan project should be completed by the end of 2021 at an initial cost of USD 176 mn.
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