Int'l consortium starts development of new container terminal in Egypt

STORY: Int'l consortium starts development of new container terminal in Egypt DATELINE: July 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the new container terminal 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): KAMEL EL-WAZIR, Egyptian Transport Minister STORYLINE: An international consortium has started the development of a new container terminal of Ain Sokhna Port on the Red Sea in northeastern Egypt. During a ceremony at the port on Saturday, Egyptian Transport Minister Kamel el-Wazir delivered the terminal to the representatives of the consortium comprised of China's Hutchison Ports, a leading port investor, developer and operator, Chinese state-owned COSCO Shipping and the French shipping company CMA CGM. The process comes as part of two mid-March agreements signed by Egypt and the consortium on the development and operation of the container terminals at Ain Sokhna Port in Suez Province and Dekheila Port in Alexandria Province. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): KAMEL EL-WAZIR, Egyptian Transp