Elsewedy-led consortium awarded tender for Abu Tartour-Qena railway line

A consortium of Elsewedy Electric and Italy’s Saipem and Salce have been awarded a tender issued by El Wady for Phosphate Industries and Fertilizers’ (WAPHCO) to rebuild the Abu Tartour-Qena freight railway line, according to Elsewedy’s disclosure to the bourse (pdf). The consortium will reconstruct the railway cargo line and add a passenger extension from Hurghada through Safaga.