Lieutenant General Osama Rabie, head of the Suez Canal Authority, commented on President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s meeting with the head of the global “Maersk” group for maritime transport, Sorin Skou, explaining that he was presented a plan to establish a project for the production of clean fuel for ships in Egypt with investments of 15 billion dollars, in the area of Ain Sukhna.
Rabie said in a telephone interview to the “Evening with Qaswaa” program on the “cbc” channel, presented by the media, Qaswa Al-Khalali: “The president ordered that the implementation not only be carried out in Ain Sukhna, but that a national network should be established to distribute green fuel, such as Jarjoub, Berenice and Alessandria. The president will help and support you, and Maersk will study the matter and implement it. ”
The head of the Suez Canal Authority added: “Now the Ain Sukhna project is ready, with investments of 15 billion dollars, to build the station for the production of clean fuels, renewable energy and ship financing with clean fuels, as well as to another project, which is the extension of the container docking at East Port Said by 950 meters, and investments have been pumped into this berth, about half a billion dollars, to become an important logistics center in the eastern and southern Mediterranean for container handling, which will provide direct and indirect job opportunities of 1000 job opportunities, bringing total job opportunities in the container terminal to 5000 direct and indirect job opportunities.
Lieutenant General Osama Rabie, head of the Suez Canal Authority, said Maersk is one of the companies that partner with the Suez Canal, injecting investment and assisting in the hiring process, as well as training, as President Sisi today has paid great attention to training at today’s meeting.
Rabie added, “Company officials said they have programs and trainers ready for training at the Suez Canal Authority’s simulation center, which is considered the largest of its kind in the Middle East.”
The head of the Suez Canal Authority added: “Next Wednesday I will meet the director of their training center, to train our managers, as well as departments and mentors, and then we will expand and make sure that people from abroad are trained with us with the certificates “.
Working with Maersk to establish a $ 15 billion project to produce clean fuel for ships, he said, “The company is ready and is talking about delivering the first phase of the project in late 2024 or early 2024. 2025 “.
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