Establishing the first Egyptian navigation line for COMESA harbors

The Egyptian Company for International Transportation will start running the first navigation line among Egyptian and COMESA countries' harbors in August with six multi-purpose ships, providing 6,700 tons of cargo each. The number of ships could be gradually increased to 20 as needed.

These ships are to work on the harbors of Djibouti, Dar Es Salam, and Mauritius and serve six African countries that are not located on the seas which include lots of Egyptian interests, among which are a joint bank and a free industrial zone held by Egyptian businessman Ibrahim Kamel.