Suez Canal Container Terminal

Suez Canal Container Terminal SCCT
Private
Industry Transport, Terminals
Founded 2000
Headquarters Port Said, Egypt
Key people
 Klaus Hom Laursen (CEO)
Jan Buijze (COO)
Website

http://www.scct.com.eg/

31°12′41.18″N 32°21′25.60″E / 31.2114389°N 32.3571111°E / 31.2114389; 32.3571111Coordinates: 31°12′41.18″N 32°21′25.60″E / 31.2114389°N 32.3571111°E / 31.2114389; 32.3571111

Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) (Arabic: شركة قناة السويس للحاويات‎‎) is a container terminal emerged at Port Said East as a transshipment centre for the Eastern Mediterranean at the northern entrance to the Suez Canal. The terminal has been operational since October 2004. Expansion on the facility increased the total number of operational quay cranes to 12. Additionally, terminal expansion plans expected to double terminal size were planned to be completed by 2012.[1] This expansion is expected to make the facility the largest container terminal in the Mediterranean Sea.[2]

The SCCT is a joint venture business.

History

The Suez Canal Container Terminal became operational in 2004.[2] Designs in 1999 and actions on the part of the Egyptian government lead the tender for a new container terminal in Port Said.

In 2007, the Egyptian government signed a concession agreement[3] for the progression of "Phase II" of the SCCT facility.[2]

Construction on the SCCT first started in 2003, and a target date of October 1 of the following year was established.

Concession agreements

The Egyptian government signed a concession agreement for a term of 30 years in relation to the need for a container terminal in Port Said.

In 2002, Egypt ratified an additional concession agreement, following earlier approval of terminal design in 2001.

Opening

The terminal officially opened operations in October 2004[2] at a ceremony of the Egyptian president at the time, Hosni Mubarak.

Location and operations

Suez Canal

Legend
km
Mediterranean Sea

Approaches(Southward convoy waiting area)

0.0 Port Said
lighthouse, fishing harbour, cruise terminal

Port Said (city), former headquarters

Port Said harbour, Port Fuad (city),

East Port, SCCT container terminal

E-class turning dock

Shohada 25 January Bridge
51.5
Ballah (former by-pass)
59.9
Eastern lane: second shipping lane, New Suez Canal[4]

El Ferdan Railway Bridge
76.5 Ismaïlia, SCA headquarters

Lake Timsah
95.0 Deversoir
Great Bitter Lake
Small Bitter Lake
Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel

overhead powerline

162 Suez, Suez Port

Petroleum Dock, Port Tewfik

Gulf of Suez(Northward convoy waiting area)
 Red Sea


 Legend:
Navigable canal
 Anchorage
 Dock, industrial or logistical area
Village or town, feature
Railroad (defunct) with swing bridge

The terminal is situated in a separate entrance route from the Mediterranean, near Port Said. It operates up to 24 cranes.[3] Additionally, it is a goal of the SCCT to encourage global shipping lines to establish transshipment hubs.

The terminal is equipped with management database software and has invested in information technology.

Equipment

Shareholder structure

Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) is a private joint venture company that obtained the concession to build, operate, and manage this new terminal. The majority (55%) shareholding of SCCT is held by APM Terminals. 20% of the shares are held by COSCO, 10% are held by Suez Canal & Affiliates, 5% by the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) and the remaining 10% are held by the Egyptian private sector.

COSCO Pacific signed an agreement with SCCT in November 2007 to hold 20% of the shares. IFU-Danish Development Bank no longer maintains its shareholder status.[5]

Development

In September 2007, the Government of Egypt signed a contract with Suez Canal Container Terminal to build and operate Phase II of the terminal which will include another 1200 m of quay. This agreement will put SCCT in the Mediterranean ports frontline.[6]

The new phase will commence operation in the first half of 2010 and will work with full capacity in the first half of 2011.

On 27 November, the Egyptian Prime Minister Dr. Ahmed Nazif visited the SCCT with the Minister of Transport, Eng. Mohamed Mansour, Port Said governor and Port Said Port Authority officials for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Phase 2 extension.

SCCT’s phase 2 will increase terminal capacity from 2.5 million TEU to 5.1 million TEU raising the total investment to USD$730 million. After the completion of Phase II, SCCT can offer a quay wall of 2400 meters and 24 post-panamax quay cranes.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SCCT Official Website".
  2. 1 2 3 4 "SCCT - SUEZ CANAL CONTAINER TERMINAL". Retrieved September 30, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "E-Logi.net Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) signs concession agreement for Phase II of the East Port Said terminal development". September 9, 2007. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
  4. ↑ "New Suez Canal". Government of Egypt (Suez Canal Authority). Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  5. ↑ "Suez Canal Container Terminal and COSCO Pacific Sign Partnership Agreement - New partnership fuels growth of expanding Egypt terminal".
  6. ↑ "Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) signs concession agreement for Phase II of the East Port Said terminal development".
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