We have details on SCZone’s Adabiya port plans: Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) is set to publish a tender this month for the development of superstructure works of eight berths in Al Adabiya Port, a source in the maritime transport sector told EnterpriseAM Logistics. The tender comes as part of a plan to turn the port into a services hub for chemicals and pharma industries, alongside the steel sector, the source told us.

The first deck of cards: SCZone has reportedly laid the groundwork for the EGP 5 bn (c. USD 98.9 mn) first phase of Adabiya Port’s upgrade project, Al Mal reported earlier last week, citing sources familiar with the matter. The first phase will aim to upgrade 1.2k meters of berths in a bid to enable it to handle bulk vessels with a capacity of 150k tons, a length of 300 meters, and a draft of 17 meters.

Six other areas of development are in the pipeline, including:

  • A dry bulk terminal — to be commissioned by Adabiya Marine Management Company — will feature a total quay length of 770 meters and a water depth of 14 meters. It will have an annual cargo throughput of 3.5 mn tons and a terminal area of nearly 168k sqm;
  • A second dry bulk terminal, with a 560-meter quay wall, 14-meter water depth, and a 5.5 mn tons annual handling capacity;
  • A quay and berth rehabilitation project, which consists of rehabilitation for quaysides for berths two to eight, and the edges of berths two, three, four, and five;
  • A logistics and storage area of 160.7k sqm, to be developed by the Adabiya Marine Management Company through a build-operate-transfer (BOT) partnership;
  • A service vessel and small vessel berth, with a total length of 300 meters and a water depth of 7 meters, and a 45k sqm adjacent yard;
  • A multipurpose terminal, with a 500-meter quay wall and a 14-meter water depth.

Where we left things: Suez Steel inked a USD 120 mn preliminary agreement back in December to operate and maintain two berths — numbered 4 and 5. The company will also operate a storage and circulation yard dedicated to iron and steel dry cast products. The firm will also operate a storage and circulation yard for iron and steel dry cast goods. The SCZone has dedicated some 30k sqm at the port to the project.

About Adabiya Port: Located at the northern portion of the Suez Gulf, the port boasts eight berths at a length of 1.5k and depths ranging between 9 and 14 meters. The port has an annual handling capacity of 1 mn tons for liquid bulk and 6 mn tons for dry bulk, according to SCZone website.

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