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AD Ports Group has commenced trial operations at Noatum Ports' Safaga terminal in Egypt, ahead of its full launch later this year.
Kamel El Wazir, Egypt's Minister of Transport, and Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, Managing Director and CEO of AD Ports Group, along with other senior executives, visited the facilities of the new multi-purpose terminal.
Officials reviewed the terminal's operations, systems, and processes, designed to ensure its full operability and the uninterrupted provision of services in accordance with the highest international standards. The Noatum Ports-Safaga terminal is being built under a 30-year concession agreement signed in 2023 for the development and operation of the multi-purpose terminal, in collaboration with the Egyptian Red Sea Ports Authority (RSPA).
El-Wazir stated that "we commend the fruitful collaboration with AD Ports Group for the execution of various strategic port projects in the Red Sea, as well as in different sectors of the maritime transport industry. The Safaga terminal constitutes a key gateway for the development of Upper Egypt and will play a fundamental role in supporting mining activities associated with the Golden Triangle Economic Zone, facilitating import and export operations and boosting development projects in the north, central, and south of Upper Egypt thanks to improved connectivity with the port."
"This development is also expected to attract investments in the industrial, logistics, warehousing, processing, and assembly sectors, while strengthening container and cargo transport capacity throughout the region, thereby driving economic growth and commercial development," added the minister.
Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi stated that "Egypt is one of the Group's most important international markets and constitutes a key commercial gateway in the Group's global network, which spans Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and South America. Thanks to its strategic access to the Red Sea, Noatum Ports' terminal in Safaga strengthens our position as a facilitator of trade across major maritime routes. We look forward to the operational launch of our new terminal later this year, which represents another step in our collaboration with our partners in Egypt, in line with our leadership's vision."
The Noatum Ports terminal in Safaga will span approximately 810,000 m2, with a 1,000-meter quay designed to handle up to 450,000 TEU, in addition to 5 million tons of dry bulk and general cargo, 1 million tons of liquid bulk cargo, and 50,000 CEU of Ro-Ro cargo.
The terminal will become the first internationally operated terminal in the Upper Egypt region, in the south of the country, serving as a key gateway for the region and strengthening connectivity between Egypt, the Middle East, Africa, and global maritime routes.
Egypt and the Red Sea are a focus of AD Ports Group's growing global network of integrated trade, transport, and logistics facilities. In April 2026, Noatum Ports, its international port operations division, confirmed the delivery of three new quay gantry cranes (STS) and six rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTG) to its new multi-purpose terminal in Safaga.
In addition to its container shipping and stevedoring services, the Group recently announced the commencement of cruise services at its three terminals in Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, and Safaga, as well as the facilitation of ferry services connecting this terminal and NEOM to support the transportation of Hajj pilgrims between Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
The Group is also developing the 20 km2 Kwzad East Port Said Industrial and Logistics Park, together with Egyptian partners, at the Mediterranean entrance to the Suez Canal.
In November 2025, AD Ports Group invested USD 279 million to acquire a 19.3% stake in Alexandria Container & Cargo Handling Company (ALCN), one of Egypt's largest container terminal operators, and subsequently acquired a majority stake in the company.
Source: portalportuario
