Ministry of Transportation (Egypt)

Arab Republic of Egypt
Ministry of Transportation
وزارة النقل
Emblem of Egypt
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Egypt
HeadquartersNew Administrative Capital, Cairo Governorate
Agency executive
WebsiteOfficial website

The Ministry of Transportation (MOT) of Egypt is the part of the Cabinet of Egypt concerned with transportation. It is responsible for meeting the transportation needs of the country, whether by sea, land or air, and is aligned with Egyptian national development plans. It is governed by the Minister of Transportation.

Objectives

Some of the ministries tasks follow.

  • Development of facilities and the promotion of maritime transport, including global development in the shipping industry
  • Modernize and develop the network of existing roads to provide greater comfort, capacity and safety, and also to expand this network to meet future needs for development.
  • Development of inland waterways of the river transport service and provide the highest levels of security.
  • Making plans for the establishment and development and strengthening of railway networks on the national level
  • Develop plans to establish subway networks (Cairo Metro).
  • Work on the development of land ports and enhancing their performance.
  • Develop plans to ensure the provision of specialized labor in the area of the ministry's activities.
  • Activate the studies and research in the field of work of the ministry.

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi set ambitious goals for the Ministry of Transportation, when he took office in 2014 and by June 2018, the Ministry of Transportation had reported several achievements.[1]

Ministers

Minister Term start Term end Comments Refs
Hamdi Abdel-Salam El-Shayeb 11 March 2002 1 May 2004 Died in office
Essam Sharaf 12 July 2004 15 February 2005
Mohamed Lotfi Mansour 15 February 2005 October 2009
Alaa El Din Mohamed Fahmy 3 January 2010 29 January 2011
Atef Abdel-Hamid Mostafa 29 January 2011 21 July 2011
Ali Zain al-Abidin Salem Haikal 21 July 2011 21 November 2011
Galal Moustafa Mohamed Saeed 7 December 2011 2 August 2012
Mohamed Rashad al-Matini 2 August 2012 17 November 2012
Hatem Abdel Latif 5 January 2013 4 July 2013 Ends at the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état
Dr. Ibrahim El-Demiri 2013
Saad el Geyoushi September 2015 [2]
Galal Saeed 23 March 2016 16 February 2017 [3]
Hisham Arafat 16 February 2017 27 February 2019 [4][5]
Kamel al-Wazir March 2019 [6]

Affiliated bodies

The main headquarters of the Ministry

The ministry is affiliated with a variety of bodies including:[7]

  • The General Authority for planning transportation projects
  • National Authority for Railways
  • National Authority for Tunnels
  • General Authority for Roads, Bridges and Land Transport
  • River Transportation Authority[8]
    River Transportation Authority
  • The General Authority for Land Ports and dry
  • National Institute of Transport
  • The General Authority for Alexandria Port
  • General Authority of Red Sea Ports
  • General Authority for Port Said
  • Damietta Port Authority
  • Maritime Transport Sector
  • General Authority for Maritime Safety
  • Subway Operating System
  • Super Jet
  • Maritime Data Bank of Egypt

Roads and bridges

The Ministry's goals are to provide a road network meeting international standards and ensure competitive service in the transport of passengers and goods and a high degree of speed and security. MOT's goals are also to create a mass transit system developed and integrated between the provinces, while encouraging the private sector.

In June 2018, the Ministry of Transportation reported that 11 roads with a total length of 865 km had been constructed. New roads had been constructed and others had been doubled or lengthened.[1]

Railway projects

The MOT's goals are to focus on the development of the system of transporting goods and passengers through the modernization of the fleet of tractors and wagons by importing from abroad as well as the modernization of signaling systems and track maintenance.

In October, 2018 a contract was signed between Russia, Holland and Egypt for, among other things, the modernization of Egypt's railways. Negotiations had been in the works, at least since January 2018, with representatives from dozens of Russian companies visiting Egypt to discuss multiple construction projects. The contract speaks of a $7 billion investment.[9]

Subway projects

One of the goals are to develop the system of tunnels and complete the establishment of the remaining stages of the third and fourth line. In June 2018, the Ministry of Transportation reported on the phases that were completed and were still ongoing on the subway third and fourth lines. A new electric train line for the new administrative capital of Egypt had been implemented. Improvements and modernization included supplying air-conditioned trains, building escalators and electric elevators at metro stations and supplying new gates and ticket machines for the existing first and second metro lines and stations.[1]

Maritime transport

The long-term goals are to activate and expand the Egyptian ports to increase capacity available for carriage of exported and imported goods and passenger transfer and to create new ports and develop the Egyptian Maritime Fleet. The objective is to build on the advantage of Egypt's geographical location to connect transportation between East and West, North and South.[1]

Red Sea ports

In June 2018, the Ministry of Transportation reported that the construction of new passenger terminals had been completed at Safaga port, Hurghada port, and Nuweiba Port. A waiting station had been constructed at the Hurghada port.[1]

Alexandria and Dekheila ports

In June 2018, the Ministry of Transportation reported that the shipping corridor's depth was increased to 15.5 meters and renovations were made to a bridge.[1]

Port Damietta

In June 2018, as part Egypt's national plans to improve the ports, engineers improved the shipping corridor, constructed new berths for general merchandise and for maritime service, and constructed and supplied 4 marine locomotives.[1]

Dry ports

Port Qustal was established for trade between Egypt and Sudan East of the Nile. A new hub was constructed in Arqeen for Egypt and Sudan West of the Nile.[1]

River transport

Two river ports will be constructed; one in Qena and the other in Sohag Governorate, and the foundation stones were laid in April 2018 and May 2018, respectively.[1][8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Accomplishments". Ministry of Transportation. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Egypt's Sherif Ismail cabinet with 16 new faces sworn in by President Sisi". Ahram Online. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Who's who: Meet Egypt's 10 new ministers in Sherif Ismail's cabinet". Ahram Online. 23 March 2016.
  4. ^ El-Sheikh, Sarah (14 February 2017). "Parliament approves new cabinet reshuffle of nine ministries". Daily News Egypt.
  5. ^ "Egypt's transport minister resigns after deadly Cairo train crash". Reuters. 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  6. ^ "Egypt's Sisi nominates Major General Kamel al-Wazir as transport minister". Reuters. 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  7. ^ "Affiliated to the Ministry of Transport". Ministry of Transportation.
  8. ^ a b Atris, Islam (6 October 2013). "Ministerial decision to promote investments in river transportation sector". Daily News Egypt. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Egypt and Russia sign the largest contract in the history of Egyptian railways". Al Masry Al Youm. 18 October 2018.

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