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Today, five years pass through the opening of the new Suez Canal..The icon of the hardness of the will of the Egyptians and the strength of their belonging to their homeland..The implementation of the new channel project was in record time..The Egyptians and people have confronted him, to dazzle the world with a new historical achievement...

On August 6, 2015, President Abdel Fattah El -Sisi officially opened the new Suez Canal project and signed the actual operation document of the channel, in a ceremony attended by the heads and kings of friendly countries, including Prince Sabah Al -Ahmad Al -Jaber Al -Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, French President Francois Hollande, and King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa MalikBahrain, Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Jordanian King Abdullah II, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Haila Mariam Disalin.

During the opening, the first ship in the new Suez Canal crossed, and another ship was sailing in the opposite direction in the original channel

The new Suez Canal project represents a start for new projects, including the Suez Canal Development Project and the expansion of East Port Said Port...The new channel is a branch parallel to the original channel that extends from the 60 to the amount 95 "numbering of the channel" in addition to expanding and deepening the branches of the big lakes and the peasant with a total length24 meters and a width of 320 meters at the water page and 66 feet in addition to expanding and deepening the current Western branches with a total length of 37 km and a depth of 24 meters in 66 feet and includes "Western branches in the Great Lakes area with a length of 27 km - and western branch with a length of 10 km".

record time

On the directives of President Sisi, the President of the Republic, the project implementation period reached 12 months, instead of three years, and indeed the project was completed and the channel was opened to sail on time.

As for the estimated cost of the project, it reached 8.2 billion dollars, equivalent to 60 billion pounds, "4.1 billion dollars to dig the new channel and 4 billion dollars for 6 tunnels below the Suez Canal. ”.

The new branch was funded locally, through certificates of 5 years with a quarterly quarterly returns, which collected 64 billion pounds of the money of the Egyptians during eight days in September 2014, and their owners recently recovered after its duration ended, through the channel's revenues and the rates of increase in its returns, according to previous statements"Mamish", without paying the state budget any obligations, or prejudice to the public treasury resources, or its annual proceeds from the channel's revenues.

Project goals

• Increasing the Egyptian national income from the hard currency, and increasing the return of the Suez Canal by 259 % in 2023

• Achieving the largest percentage of duplication in the Suez Canal and increasing it for 50 % of the length of the navigational course.

• Reducing the transit time to 11 hours instead of 18 hours for the northern caravan.

• Reducing the waiting time for ships to be 3 hours in the worst conditions instead of (8 to 11 hours), which is reflected in reducing the cost of the cruise for ship owners and raises the degree of valuation of the Suez Canal..

• Contribute to increasing demand for the use of the channel as a major global navigation pass and raises its classification.

• Increase the capacity of the passage of ships in the channel, to be 97 standard ships in 2023 instead of 49 ships in 2014.

• An important step on the road to the success of the development axis project in the Suez Canal region and to push the wheel of the Egyptian national economy to transform Egypt into a global commercial and logistical center.

• Increasing job opportunities for the people of the channels of the channel, Sinai and the neighboring governorates, while creating new urban communities.

A gift for the world and a starting point for development

The geographical location of the Suez channel makes it the shortest road between East and West compared to the Cape of Good Raja, where it achieves the channel's road and savings in the distance between the northern and south ports of the canal, which translates Cover in time, fuel consumption and the cost of operating the ship.

The Suez Canal is characterized as the longest navigational channel in the world without obsession, and the percentage of accidents in it is almost non -existent with its comparisons with other channels, and navigation is done in the day and night, and is prepared for expansion and deepening operations whenever necessary to confront the development in the sizes and carriers of ships, and is equipped with a movement management system VTMS, a system that is based on the use of the latest networks and computer networks, to reveal and follow the movement of ships along the canal, and thus allows the possibility of interfering in the emergency times, and the channel accommodates the transit of ships with a reduced load, for very large crude oil holders (VLCCS) and huge and huge (ULCCS) And all empty ships, whatever their cargo.

After the opening of the new channel, the navigational corridor became equipped to accommodate 100% of the world fleet of container ships, and 92.8% of the dry casting fleet, and about 61.9 % of petroleum tankers and its products, 100 % of the rest of the other fleet types (with a full load) and 100 % of each ships of the world fleet empty or partial load.

As President Sisi announced at the opening of the new channel that the message of the new Suez Canal is the victory over terrorism with life, and hate with love..And for the channel to be a prosperity area for humanity..Not only above her water, but on her banks..It rises to the place of the history of this channel, which placed its mark on the geography of existence and the map of humanity..

President Al -Sisi stressed that the opening of the new channel is based on many national projects, including the development project in the Suez Channel region, whose general plan has been adopted to include the development and development of the East Port Said region, the development of the Ismailia, Qantara and Al -Sukhna areas, as well as the establishment of a global economic zone..It includes a number of ports, new cities and logistical and commercial centers, which achieve an increase in the rates of trade exchange between Egypt and all countries of the world.

The Economic Zone of the Suez Canal

بالتزامن مع افتتاح القناة الجديدة، أصدر الرئيس عبد الفتاح السيسي في 10/8/2015 قرارا جمهوريا رقم 330 لسنة 2015 بإنشاء The Economic Zone of the Suez Canal، وهي منطقة لوجيستية لتعزيز وتشجيع الفرص الاستثمارية ، وجاء في القرار الذي نشر في الجريدة الرسمية أنه " تعتبر منطقة اقتصادية ذات طبيعة خاصة وفقا لأحكام القانون رقم 83 لسنة 2002 وتعديلاته الأراضي الواقعة في منطقة قناة السويس بمساحة 460.60 square kilometers, and its borders, the port of West Port Said, the port of East Port Said, the industrial zone, east of Port Said, the industrial zone in Qantara, West and Valley of Technology, without prejudice to the existing properties within it or the lands of the armed forces regarding the affairs of the state..

According to the decision, this area turns into a huge investment destination that aims to create a work area of a competitive nature in the field of providing business for both Egyptian and foreign investors, by facilitating administrative procedures and ways to reach the markets in addition to providing a strong infrastructure.

The project also aims to develop about 6 ports and provide important logistical services and work to carry out navigational maintenance work such as ship repair and supply with fuel. Finally, the region's revenues - expected to achieve - are about 12 billion US dollars per year..

The volume of investment in the economic zone exceeded $ 25 billion through 192 projects and about 20 billion dollars through industries and investments.

The economic zone has several investment ingredients, which are:

- The Economic Zone website for the development of the Suez Canal axis, as its geographical location is distinctive, through which it is possible to reach 2 billion consumers in the various international and regional markets.

The region does not take customs from 22 Arab countries and 24 African countries.

- The region has a single window policy through which the investor can end the required procedures within only 48 hours. They can also enter into several partnerships..

- Integration of infrastructure from huge and floating beard tunnels, railways, road networks, electricity and water desalination plants.

- وجود لوائح تمثل قانون The Economic Zone of the Suez Canal الذى تتمثل في الإعفاء من الجمارك (صفر% جمارك) والقيمة المضافة، هذا بجانب 50% إعفاء من الضريبة التى يتم تحصيلها من أرباح الشركة.

- Contributing with the investor to each of the facilitation of procedures for paying the use fees and the cost of facilities. Technical employment is also trained at the highest level.

- The presence of legal guarantees that protect companies from nationalization, discrimination, confiscation and other obstacles.

وتشمل The Economic Zone of the Suez Canal:

Al -Ain Sukhna area:

It is located at the southern entrance to the Suez Canal and is considered a major industrial and logistic axis, combining ports facilities, industrial areas and residential areas, paved roads and railways and linking them to Cairo and the city of Suez more than 162 square kilometers out of a total of 210 square kilometers from Ain Sokhna dedicated to manufacturing.

Al Ain Sokhna area is designed to accommodate heavy, medium and light industries as well as commercial facilities.There are also opportunities for real estate development to build residential complexes.The number of existing projects in the industrial zone in Ain Sukhna is 116 industrial projects.

East Port Said region:

An industrial area adjacent to the port of East Port Said and the navigation corridor of the Suez Canal, on an area of 75.5 square kilometers, launched in November 2015, to be developed to become a major recharge center in addition to a multimedia logistical center, it is an integrated area that keeps pace with the standards of smart and environmentally friendly cities.Europe and East America, 40 square kilometers from the region were allocated for commercial activities and medium and light industries.

West Qantara region:

It is located near agricultural lands 30 km from northern Ismailia on the Port Said road to the west.Thanks to the bridge near the fertile delta, it is ideal for agricultural business, and there are approximately 13,6 mk square meters available for development in an area supplied with water, electricity, logistics and drainage projects.

East Port Said Port:

It is the axis for re -recharge the main and local localized at the northern entrance to the Suez Canal, as it is characterized by a deep submersible that enables it to absorb large ships, which makes it among the 40 most crowded and developed port in the world.

Ain Sokhna Port:

It is considered an enforceable gateway to the Arab Republic of Egypt and the countries of the Arab Gulf and Asia, and the port of Ain Sokhna is located on the western coast of the Gulf of Suez, about 43 km south of Suez.With an area of 22.3 square kilometers, with an 18 -meter -seat.Due to the expansion of the surrounding areas, the port quickly became a major industrial center that serves local and international markets.

Expansion plans include the work of new container stations, public goods stations, dry shipments, and liquid charge stations while providing logistical services, storage and distribution centers, and the construction of a dry port.Moreover, the update of the port vehicles and container handling equipment will be invested.

West Port Said Port:

West Port Said Port is a recharge center that has been prepared in high quality, and is located on the main global marine path between the countries of the continent of Europe and South Asia, and is located on an area of 2 square kilometers at the northern entrance to the Suez Bay with the Mediterranean Sea.

Literary Port:

Literary port is located on the western beach of the Gulf of Suez, about 10 km south of Suez, and the port facilities are scheduled to use large quantities of unpaved dry shipments, covering an area of 1.8 km square.

The literary port has nine seas, the total length of 1840 meters, and it has the ability to deal with the vessels of non -packed and liquid goods with a capacity of up to 60,000 tons, and more investments in the port are directed to the creation of additional stations to deal with non -packed and liquid charges, general goods and containers.

Al -Arish Port:

The North Sinai Development Gate is located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, and it has ponds of ships extending over a period of 40,000 meters..

Al -Tor Port:

A strategic port for southern Sinai and occupies three hectares on the eastern bank of the Gulf of Suez, south of Abuznima, the largest part of exports is left from the port of Al -Tor and exports are made of minerals and unpaved dry shipments.It contains stations for non -packed goods, general goods and containers, as well as fishing boats and marina, providing marine services and petroleum activities in the Gulf of Suez region.

East Ismailia:

The East Ismailia region is located 10 km from the east of the Suez Canal, and it is a new center for high -tech industries. It is considered a development area where the technology valley is the starting point.

5 years revenue

The ports of the General Authority of the Economic Zone of the Suez Canal in Egypt achieved 6 records of revenue within 5 years, which amounted to about 9 years..4 billion pounds, while the region attracted investments exceeding 17 billion dollars.

The authority's revenues from investments in securities reached about 816.3 million pounds, as a result of its contribution to subsidiary companies.

The various revenues reached about 577.1 million pounds, during the period from July 2016 to June 2020, according to official data issued by the Suez Canal Authority.

According to the data, during the period from July 2016 to June 2020, the Economic Authority succeeded in concluding settlements on the lands of the Ain Sukhna region with some investors, as the revenues of the usufruct and the settlements of investors during these years reached about 576.6 million pounds.

The Governor of the Central Bank confirmed that the Suez Canal revenues were 5 billion and 120 million dollars in 2015, and during 2018/2019 it reached 5 billion and 750 million dollars, an increase of 800 million dollars annually, meaning 13 billion pounds in the year, which means the project coverageFor its costs within 3 years.

The team, Osama Rabie, the head of the Suez Canal Authority, also confirmed the stability of revenue rates, as the channel achieved during the 2019/2020 fiscal year, approximately 5.72 millions of 32.1 million dollars for the previous year, a difference due to the decrease in global trade by 18.5%during the second quarter of 2020 and the decline in global economies indicators.

Infrastructure

نجحت هيئة قناة السويس خلال 5 سنوات في تنمية وتطوير Infrastructure للمناطق الصناعية والموانئ التابعة وتنفيذ مرافق وأنفاق عملاقة ساهمت في تنمية وتطوير وجذب استثمارات عديدة للمنطقة.

ففي قطاع Infrastructure والمرافق، تم الانتهاء من تنفيذ عدد من محطات الكهرباء ( خفض الجهد والتوزيع) قامت بها الهيئة وشركائها من المطورين الصناعيين الذي يعملون داخل المنطقة بإجمالي تكلفة 4.4 billion pounds.

A number of water stations were established between seawater desalination plants, lifting and purification plants and takbeers tanks at a total cost of 5.4 billion pounds، بالإضافة إلى إنشاء عدد من محطات ووحدات معالجة الصرف الصحي بإجمالي تكلفة 2.4 billion pounds.

Light cables were connected to the telecommunications sector within the economic zone (the northern sector) with a value of 29 million pounds, in addition to supplies to the natural gas network at about 252 million pounds.

According to the data, soil improvement work in the industrial zone in East Port Said was carried out with an area of 17 km2 as a first stage at a cost of about 7.8 billion pounds, and the implementation of a road network with the highest international standards in the industrial zone in East Port Said, with a total length of 64 km with variable offers at a cost of about 4.2 billion pounds, and the implementation of a 32 km road network in the industrial zone in Qantara West, with a total cost of 45 million pounds.

The Egyptian government contributed to the establishment and renewal of the road network surrounding the economic zone with the strategic axes to connect it to the cities of the canal, the new cities and the Delta areas by renewing the old Ain Sukhna Road "Wadi Hougoug" and the establishment of the June 30 axis and Al -Qantra Road East.

The number of 4 giant tunnels was implemented under the navigation corridor of the Suez Canal and linked the eastern and western banks of the channel, including the Ismaili tunnels (Long live Egypt) linking the Ismailia region east of (Wadi Al -Technology) and the development areas in Sinai to the Delta areas and the rest of the provinces of Egypt, and the tunnels of South Port Said (July 3)East Port Said Port, the industrial and logistical area, and the new residential city of Salam Egypt in eastern Port Said and the regions of North Sinai are connected to the northern Delta regions and the rest of the regions of Egypt.

In the ports and logistical services sector, 5 km of new sidewalks were created in the East Port Said port at a cost of 6.8 billion pounds to increase sidewalks in East Port Said port from 2400 meters long in 2014 to reach 7400 meters in 2019.

East Port Said Port Channel was opened with a length of 9.2 km and depth 18.5 meters to reduce the time of waiting for ships from 13.5 hours to reach 4.6 ساعة، وتنفيذ مشروع توسعة الحوض الثالث بميناء العين السخنة وإنشاء سقالة بحرية للصب السائل (Liquid Bulk Jetty) بتكلفة 436 million pounds .

The implementation of the second basin in Al -Ain Sukhna Port, the establishment of the second container trading station (CT2) with a total investment of about 10 billion Egyptian pounds (560 million dollars), and equipment of the squares with the latest moving cranes with investments of 140 million pounds.

According to the data, the development and raising of the efficiency of some sidewalks of West Port Said has started with a length of 670 meters, the establishment of new curtains for it, and the deepening of the Eat from 14 to 17 meters at a cost of 1.4 billion pounds.

The project to raise the efficiency of the electronic system in the literary port was implemented at a cost of 9.5 million pounds, and the authority also raised the efficiency and development of the port at a cost of 250 million pounds with an achievement of 85%, and the implementation of the construction of the dry casting station in the literary port with a 90% BOT system at a cost of 260 million pounds.

The preparation of the general plan for Al -Arish Port was completed and the development work of the port and sidewalks is being completed in coordination with the Egyptian navy, to establish a pavement of 250 meters and a barrier of waves with a length of 1250 meters, and to raise the efficiency of buildings and construction of the sea phase port by 80% at a cost of 29 million pounds.

17 billion dollars investments

Industrial developers within the region are working to develop an area of 239 km2 with a total investment of $ 17 billion, and provided nearly 70,000 jobs..

At the top of the projects, the Russian Industrial Zone in East Port Said in the northern sector, and the project is implemented on an area of 5.25 km2 with investments 6.9 billion dollars in eastern Port Said, attached to the new pivotal port.

The Russian industrial zone provides approximately 35 thousand direct and indirect job opportunities, with a rate of employment of 90% Egyptian and the project takes 12 years, implements 3 phases with a usage right system for 50 years, and the financing of the project comes from the Russian Export Center and the Russian Central Bank.

مشروع محطة دحرجة السيارات RO-RO، حيث وقعت The Economic Zone of the Suez Canal مع التحالف العالمي "بولوريه /تويوتا تسوشو/إن واى كيه" عقد امتياز إقامة وتشغيل وإعادة تسليم محطة دحرجة سيارات ومركبات "رورو" واستقبال سفن الدحرجة بنظام BOT بالأرصفة الجديدة لميناء شرق بورسعيد على رصيف بطول 600 متر طولى وساحه 225 ألف متر مربع.

وسيقوم التحالف بضخ استثمارات للمشروع ستصل إلى 159 مليون دولار في المعدات وInfrastructure للتعامل مع تداول نحو 800 ألف سيارة بالمحطة، والتي من شأنها توفير حوالي 400 فرصة عمل مباشرة و1000 فرصة عمل غير مباشرة.

A multi -purpose station project, where a multi -purpose station is established in East Port Said Port with 900 meters longitudinal and an square of 340 thousand square meters in the BOT system, and public goods will be traded, dry casting goods and targeted investments for the project approximately 1.5 billion pounds, creating 300 direct jobs and 2000Indirect.

Among the most prominent projects in the southern sector is the establishment of industrial complexes in cooperation with the Arab Organization for Industrialization, where the Authority signed with the Arab Industrial Authority a framework agreement to establish industrial complexes held in the Ain Sukhna region.

The agreement includes the implementation of joint projects by establishing a factory for the production of stainless steel panels with a production capacity of 250 thousand tons annually, and the establishment of a car tire production factory on an area.