Transport
Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Transport Kamel el Wazir has announced the beginning of the pilot operation of the first phase of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project.
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli inspected on Saturday the pilot operation of the first phase of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) on the Ring Road.
The General Authority for Roads and Bridges continues to work on training drivers of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in a prelude to operate the first phase of the BRT project.
The meeting also included the updates of transport projects with African states, and that consist of roads, maritime and inland shipping lines, and railways.
Egyptian Minister of Industry and Transport Kamel Wazir said the geopolitical risks emerging from unprecedented challenges and conflicts in the region caused more complication of transport and trade movement and hampered supply chains worldwide.
Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi arrived Saturday at the opening of the Upper Egypt train station in Bashtil, Giza.
In a statement on Thursday, the ministry said Wazir convened with France's Alstom CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge.
Sources told Al Mal newspaper that the Ministry of Transport would receive the first batch of the vehicles of the bus-rapid-transit (BRT) within days.
The meeting, held at the Ministry of Transport headquarters, focused on accelerating the development of Cairo's metro system and promoting Japanese investment in Egypt.
The two countries also signed an MoU on cooperation in the transport sector.
That is in tandem with setting a plan to connect them with railways and inland ports.
The multipurpose station is located at the Port of Alexandria.
Egyptian Minister of Transport Lieutenant General Engineer Kamel Al-Wazir, held an expanded meeting with Marton Nag - Minister of National Economy of Hungary, where they discussed fruitful cooperation between both countries in transport sector.
Egyptian Minister of Transport Ambassador First Lieutenant General Kamel el-Wazir and Imad Al-Din Mustafa, the new Ambassador of the Republic of Sudan, discussed ways to strengthening bilateral relations between both states.
The delivery will begin in October.
Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir met Tuesday with the Italian ambassador to Egypt to discuss updates on the prospective RoRo freight.
Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir held Monday talks with the delegations of nine Austrian firms.
Egyptian Minister of Transport Kamel Al-Wazir received his Jordanian counterpart, Transport Minister Wissam Al-Tahtamouni, the Jordanian Minister of Transport to discuss strengthening joint cooperation between the two sides in various fields of transport.
Also, almost 40 percent of the 12 older vessels will be overhauled in three years.
In a statement, the minister said the corridors will link ports of the Red Sea with their Mediterranean counterparts and will serve new urban communities through a railway and road network.
