Kamel El Wazir

Egypt plans to extend high-speed rail lines to Sudan, Libya: Transport minister

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 - 12:34 GMT

Minister of Transport Kamel El Wazir said Egypt plans to extend its high-speed railway service to Sudan and Libya as he spoke during the World High Speed Rail Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco on Tuesday.

Sisi issues directives for developing ports nationwide

Tue, 27 Dec 2022 - 10:26 GMT

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has issued directives for upgrading ports in an integrated manner to increase their capacity; in a way that enhances their ability to support the trade turnover, export and import.

Photos: Cairo Metro’s 3rd line receives passengers for the pilot operation of its phase 3

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 - 11:19 GMT

The 3A part consists of four underground stations, namely Gamal Abdel Nasser, Maspero, Safaa Hegazy, and Kit Kat.

Egypt’s president urges continuing coordination with Sudan to improve river transport

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 - 10:00 GMT

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi urged relevant authorities to continue coordination with Sudanese authorities in an effort to improve river transportation between the two countries, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi said.

Transport min. inspects LRT project in new capital

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 - 06:14 GMT

The project is part of the Transport Ministry's efforts to expand its environmentally-friendly green transport network.

Egypt's Transport minister, US diplomat discuss boosting cooperation in metro service development

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 - 03:43 GMT

Wazir said Egypt and the US have strong relations and enjoy fruitful cooperation in the transport sector in general and railway service development in particular.

Transport minister, Hungarian ambassador discuss cooperation

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 - 10:26 GMT

Transportation Minister Kamel el Wazir held talks late Tuesday with Hungary’s new ambassador in Cairo on promoting cooperation in the various transportation fields.

Egypt’s Transport min, Hungarian amb to Cairo discuss cooperation

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 - 03:27 GMT

Egypt’s transportation Minister Kamel el Wazir held talks, Tuesday with Hungary’s ambassador in Cairo on promoting cooperation in the various transportation fields.

Ministers of transport, petroleum confer on latest developments of renovation project of Qena/Safaga/Abu Tartour

Tue, 05 May 2020 - 01:28 GMT

both ministers reviewed the latest developments on the economic visibility study of the project which will be completed by the end of May.

Transport min. follows up progress in multi-purpose station at Alexandria port

Sun, 23 Feb 2020 - 09:58 GMT

Transport Minister Kamel el Wazir held an extended meeting with the heads of companies implementing a multi-purpose station at Alexandria port.

Egypt, Sweden probe cooperation in transport, road safety domains

Thu, 20 Feb 2020 - 12:09 GMT

Transport Minister Kamel el Wazir on Wednesday met Swedish Minister for Infrastructure Tomas Eneroth on the sidelines of their participation in the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in Sweden.

Transport minister reviews steps to establish logistics zone in Damietta

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 - 12:57 GMT

This zone should be the biggest in the Middle East and North Africa region.

Transport min. discusses implementing ITS project

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 - 10:04 GMT

Wazir discussed with the alliance of Fiber Misr Co, Vodafone, and "Hassan Allam Sons" the implementation of the Intelligent Transportation System projects.

Development plan of Egyptian ports to turn Egypt to global trade hub - official

Sun, 29 Dec 2019 - 11:09 GMT

Wazir stressed on Sunday that the comprehensive plan of developing Egyptian harbors will turn Egypt into a global hub for trade and logistics.

Transport min.: We work to develop Egypt’s mass transportation system

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 - 12:06 GMT

Transport Ministry will work on implementing all projects of monorail and electric trains, with a view to providing distinguished services for passengers.

Ismail follows up relocating ministries to New Admini. Capital

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 - 03:40 GMT

Prime Minister Sherif Ismail chaired Wednesday a meeting to follow up steps to relocate the ministries and state authorities to the New Administrative Capital.

Armed Forces to give Waraq citizens new homes as compensation

Sun, 13 Aug 2017 - 02:23 GMT

Citizens renting on Waraq island or citizens who have illegally built on state-owned property or who have built on their land illegally will be compensated with another proper residence.

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