As a result of high oil revenues over the past decade, Algeria’s transport infrastructure has been significantly overhauled, benefitting from generous public sector spending. During the 2010-14 period, the government allocated €30.1bn to be used for road expansion and maintenance, as well as improvements in port infrastructure, with an extra €27.2bn invested in the railway sector and air...
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In many ways, Algeria finds itself in an enviable economic position, particularly when compared with its regional neighbours. It holds the fourth-largest oil reserves and the second-largest natural gas reserves in Africa. Ample hydrocarbons revenue has allowed the government to channel capital into public expenditure programmes on infrastructure, health care, education, social housing and subsidies.
Articles & Analysis | Suez may be looking to bulk food shipments to East Asia from The Report: Egypt 2014
The race for competitiveness and predominance in providing sea routes for the global container business is costing the operators of the Suez and Panama Canals billions of dollars to upgrade their services and facilities. In the case of Suez, broadening the waterway will increase the number of ships that can navigate the canal simultaneously to 97 (see Construction chapter)....
Articles & Analysis | Major terminals and cargo facilities are eyed for a number of ports from The Report: Egypt 2014
Of all the plans envisaged for the Egyptian ports, privatisation is not one of them. When he announced expansion plans in 2014, Ibrahim El Demeiry, the former minister of transport, was quite adamant about the state retaining control of the nation’s 15 main commercial ports, which between them have 32.4 km of berths and cover an area of 481.54 sq km, counting both land and sea...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Mohab Mameesh, Chairman, Suez Canal Authority (SCA) from The Report: Egypt 2014
Articles & Analysis | Bold schemes are unfolding in a number of areas from The Report: Egypt 2014
It is almost as though the Egyptian transport industry has taken its theme tune from a children’s film. The sign out song of “Madagascar” is “We like to move it, move it”, and that is what everyone connected with transport in Egypt seems on a mission to achieve.