Your top infrastructure stories for the week include:

  • SCZone ro-ro station: Bolloré, Toyota and NYK will establish and operate a roll-on, roll-off station in the Suez Canal Economic Zone’s East Port Said Port after Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly gave the consortium the green light yesterday, according to Al Shorouk.
  • Also at the SCZone: Siemens Energy inaugurated the Egyptian German Technical Academy for vocational training as well as a service center on Thursday.
  • Egypt-Saudi interconnection project: The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) will announce the winner of the USD 1.6 bn Egyptian-Saudi electricity interconnection project tender in the first half of 2021.
  • New capital light rail: Al Salam City-new capital-Tenth of Ramadan City light rail willlaunch in October 2021, after undergoing two months of trial runs.