Maritime Directory

Alexandria, Egypt

he RAFIMAR Group was established in 1978, making it one of the oldest private sector shipping firms in Egypt. Over the last 20 years, it has been involved actively in the Egyptian market as shipowners, agents and charters. Since its establishment, the company has grown from a sole partnership with capital of Egyptian Pounds 20,000 to a private shareholding company, which in 1998 had a subscribed capital of USD 5 million. Today, the RAFIMAR Group has offices in Alexandria, Port Said, Suez, Cairo and 10th of Ramadan City.

Suez, Egypt

Soliman & Partners Advocates is one of the leading commercial & maritime law firms in Egypt We are group of specialist attorneys, and we are working together with a large number of the most well known consultants in Egypt. We are the legal advisor to the Egyptian Red Sea Ports chamber of shipping. Our firm is situated in the biggest cities in Egypt (Suez, Port-Said, Alexandria, We are members of Egyptian bar association. Egyptian maritime society. International bar association.

port said, Egypt

shipping agency , general marine suppliers

Irshad Building, Ismailia,, Egypt

Irshad Building - 6 th floor - P.O. BOX 41515, Ismailia,, Egypt

Private Free Zone Area, Port Said East Port, P.O. Box 247,, Port Said,, Egypt

The Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT), located in Port Said, Egypt at the mouth of the Suez Canal on the Mediterranean Sea, is a major transshipment hub for the Eastern Mediterranean region and gateway port for local Egyptian cargoes. With the completion of a dredging project which deepened the terminal’s draft from 13.9 to 14.5 meters, and the expected complement of 24 super-post Panamax cranes at the conclusion of the Phase II expansion now underway, SCCT is capable of handling the largest containerships in the global container fleet. Scheduled to be operational in 2012, Phase II will increase annual capacity at SCCT to 5.4 million TEUs, making it the largest container terminal on the Mediterranean Sea. SCCT opened in 2004 as a Joint Venture with APM Terminals the majority shareholder and operator.

Tuticorin, India

Tuticorin Port was incorporated in 1974 as the tenth major port of the country. The port is situated about 540 Km South West of Chennai with Sri Lanka on the South-East direction and very close to the East-West International sea routes. Tuticorin port, developed as an artificial deep-sea harbour with 400 hectares of protected water area, has come up as one of the major centre for coastal shipping and serves to the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and parts of Kerala. Tuticorin port, which was the centre for maritime trade and pearl fishery for more than a century, had gone through the hands of Portuguese and Dutch before coming under the control of East India Company of Britain. The British company had developed the natural harbour port and connected it with the Railway. It was declared as a minor anchorage port in 1868. In the pre-independence era, the port had witnessed a sprouting trade by handling a wide range of cargo with the neighbouring countries as well as with other coastal ports of the country. With the changing scenario of maritime trade, the Union Government constructed a new harbour and the port had come up as the 10th Major Port on 11th July, 1974. In 1979, the erstwhile anchorage port / minor port was merged with the newly developed harbour to form an integrated port. The integrated Tuticorin Port presently comprises of two operational wings - 'Zone - A' representing the new Major Port while 'Zone - B' representing the old anchorage port. Future plan With the increasing use of containers in sea trade, Tuticorin Port, having the locational advantages, strives to become the container transhipment hub of South India and accordingly planned to develop the port infrastructure and other port facilities. Deepening of approach channel and harbour basin to accommodate 10.7 metres draught vessels, construction of cargo berth No.-7, augmentation of water supply facilities, construction of shallow water berth at 7.0 metres level are the major projects taken up by the port. The proposed 'Sethu Samudram Ship Canal Project', which envisages cutting a canal for passage of ships from Gulf of Mannar to Palk Straits, would connect the Tuticorin port to the other Indian ports on the East Coast directly. The project is likely to facilitate the development of Tuticorin as a regional hub for South Asia competing with Colombo Port.