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Country-Plan Projects and Tenders |
| 9476 Subject |
33 مليون دولار لمشروعات المواني النهرية وإنشاء عدد 2 مرسي بالقاهرة جديد لزيادة حجم النقل النهري لوزارة النقل AFESD – Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development extending $ 33 million soft loan. |
| Date Published | Thursday, October 13, 2005 |
| Source Name | Al-Ahram |
| Location Name | Cairo |
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Description Date Format: (mm/dd/yyyy) |
An agreement was signed recently in Cairo with the AFESD – Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development on $ 33 million soft loan to back a national development project to revamp the Nile navigational path between Cairo and Alexandria. Project is part of a strategy of the Ministry of Transport to enhance river transport & increase its share in the Country total cargo transport volume from 0.5 % to 5 %. Scheme provides for the construction of two new river ports in North and South Cairo, also the conversion of the existing Athar Al Nabi Port into a tourist location. |
| Sectors Section |
Beneficiary Sectors - Construction Projects River Ports - Transport River Transport |