On 17 November 2025, APM Terminals officially inaugurated the USD 500 million expansion of the Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) in East Port Said, Egypt. The ceremony, attended by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, celebrated a major milestone in Egypt’s logistics transformation. The project adds 955 metres of new quay and 510,000 m² of yard space, supported by 12 quay cranes, 30 electric RTGs, and more than 90 trucks, increasing annual capacity by 2.2 million TEUs to a total of 7 million TEUs.
This matters for global trade routes because the Suez remains one of the world’s most critical chokepoints: increased capacity boosts throughput resilience, may attract larger vessels or shift flows from alternative routes, and strengthens Egypt’s position as a strategic logistics hub. For corridor modelling, it adjusts capacity constraints on the East Mediterranean / Asia–Europe axis; for CO₂ it may reduce vessel idle times and improve turnaround efficiency; and for investors, it signals expansion potential in high-performance gateway assets.
Official Source: APM Terminals
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