Alexandria Port recorded its highest-ever shipment dealing with volumes throughout fiscal 12 months (FY) 2025/26, with overall shipment throughput exceeding 82 million tonnes, reflecting endured enhancements in port infrastructure, operational potency and logistics products and services, in keeping with Minister of Delivery Kamel Al-Wazir.
The minister stated shipment volumes larger via 10% from 74.8 million tonnes in FY2024/25, marking the most powerful annual efficiency within the port’s historical past.
Dry bulk shipment recorded the quickest enlargement amongst all shipment classes, emerging 19.3% year-on-year to 36.5 million tonnes, when put next with 30.6 million tonnes within the earlier fiscal 12 months. Containerised shipment additionally posted tough enlargement, expanding 11% to roughly 28.3 million tonnes from 25.5 million tonnes, whilst liquid bulk shipment reached 10.3 million tonnes, up 1%.
Container visitors additionally expanded considerably, with Alexandria Port dealing with 2.6 million twenty-foot similar devices (TEUs) throughout the fiscal 12 months, representing a 13% build up when put next with FY2024/25.
Along upper shipment volumes, vessel visitors reached a report degree, with the Alexandria Port Authority receiving 7,026 vessels throughout FY2025/26.
Cruise send visitors recorded the most powerful enlargement amongst vessel classes, emerging via just about 54% year-on-year. Ferry visitors larger via 25.7%, whilst dry bulk vessel calls rose 21.5% to one,605 ships, an build up of 284 vessels when put next with the former fiscal 12 months.
Liquid bulk vessel visitors grew via 11.8%, whilst container send calls larger 6.5% to two,418 vessels.
Maritime tourism additionally posted robust enlargement, with passenger arrivals expanding via greater than 70% to exceed 82,000 guests throughout the fiscal 12 months.
Al-Wazir stated the effects replicate the Alexandria Port Authority’s skill to deal with emerging business volumes and maritime delivery process whilst reinforcing the port’s place as a strategic logistics hub at the Mediterranean Sea.
He attributed the robust efficiency to endured funding in port infrastructure, the modernisation of towage, pilotage and marine products and services, and the adoption of complicated virtual techniques to beef up vessel visitors control, boost up berthing and departure procedures, improve loading and unloading potency, and cut back vessel turnaround occasions.
The minister added that the achievements beef up the Egyptian govt’s technique, below the directives of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, to turn into the rustic into a world hub for delivery, logistics and transit business, consistent with the targets of Egypt Imaginative and prescient 2030.
