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Overview

WFP implements its programmes in Egypt through partnerships with non-governmental and governmental partners, including the Ministries of Agriculture and Housing.  It is thus the role of these partners to ensure transport of goods.  WFP Logisitics ensures constant monitoring of storage condition, provides support for best warehousing/storage practices to counterparts staff and monitors food utilization as per operation plans.  

Port
At the cross point between Africa and the Middle-East; and with the Suez Canal, Egypt has an important position in the maritime transport. Egypt’s maritime sector is crucial to its economy. Three quarters of the country’s national and international trade is transported by sea. The Suez Canal is Egypt’s third most important source of foreign exchange after tourism and remittances from overseas workers and accounts for about 10 per cent of Egypt’s exports
Ports, including Alexandria (which handles 70 per cent of Egypt’s imports and exports), Damietta, Port Said, Safaga and Suez, witnessed a lot of improvements during the last decade.
Storage

Road Transport
The highway system is concentrated in the Nile Valley north of Aswan and throughout the Delta; but paved roads also extend along the Mediterranean coast from the Libyan border in the west to the border with Israel and Gaza (see Below). In the east, a surfaced road ran south from Suez along the Red Sea (see below), and another connected areas along the southern coast of Sinai from Suez to the Israeli town of Elat. A well maintained route circled through several western oases and tied into the main Nile corridor of highways at Cairo in the north and Asyut in the south. Large areas of the Western Desert, the mountainous areas near the Red Sea, and the interior of the Sinai Peninsula remained without any permanent-surface roads, however.

Rail
Egyptian Railways own more than 4,800 kilometers of track running through the populated areas of the Nile Valley and the coastal regions. Built primarily to transport people, the passenger service along the Nile is heavily used. Cargo trains are organized on request. The company organized only unit train, meaning a full train by client. Egyptian Railways Company states they have about 100 cargo train on move every day. They estimate that their fleet has the capacity to move 25 millions MT / year; while their level of activity is around 12 millions MT / year. About 6,000 wagons for cargo are in use.

Aviation
There are currently no aviation services in Egypt.

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