Alexandria Port recorded its highest-ever cargo dealing with volumes throughout fiscal yr (FY) 2025/26, with whole cargo throughput exceeding 82 million tonnes, reflecting continued enhancements in port infrastructure, operational effectivity and logistics providers, in response to Minister of Transport Kamel Al-Wazir.
The minister mentioned cargo volumes elevated by 10% from 74.8 million tonnes in FY2024/25, marking the strongest annual efficiency within the port’s historical past.
Dry bulk cargo recorded the quickest development amongst all cargo classes, rising 19.3% year-on-year to 36.5 million tonnes, in contrast with 30.6 million tonnes within the earlier fiscal yr. Containerised cargo additionally posted sturdy development, rising 11% to roughly 28.3 million tonnes from 25.5 million tonnes, whereas liquid bulk cargo reached 10.3 million tonnes, up 1%.
Container site visitors additionally expanded considerably, with Alexandria Port dealing with 2.6 million twenty-foot equal items (TEUs) through the fiscal yr, representing a 13% improve in contrast with FY2024/25.
Alongside larger cargo volumes, vessel site visitors reached a document stage, with the Alexandria Port Authority receiving 7,026 vessels throughout FY2025/26.
Cruise ship site visitors recorded the strongest development amongst vessel classes, rising by practically 54% year-on-year. Ferry site visitors elevated by 25.7%, whereas dry bulk vessel calls rose 21.5% to 1,605 ships, a rise of 284 vessels in contrast with the earlier fiscal yr.
Liquid bulk vessel site visitors grew by 11.8%, whereas container ship calls elevated 6.5% to 2,418 vessels.
Maritime tourism additionally posted robust development, with passenger arrivals rising by greater than 70% to exceed 82,000 guests through the fiscal yr.
Al-Wazir mentioned the outcomes mirror the Alexandria Port Authority’s skill to accommodate rising commerce volumes and maritime transport exercise whereas reinforcing the port’s place as a strategic logistics hub on the Mediterranean Sea.
He attributed the robust efficiency to continued funding in port infrastructure, the modernisation of towage, pilotage and marine providers, and the adoption of superior digital techniques to enhance vessel site visitors administration, speed up berthing and departure procedures, improve loading and unloading effectivity, and scale back vessel turnaround occasions.
The minister added that the achievements help the Egyptian authorities’s technique, underneath the directives of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, to remodel the nation into a world hub for transport, logistics and transit commerce, in keeping with the aims of Egypt Imaginative and prescient 2030.
