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Hutchison Ports Abu Qir

A brand new terminal steeped in history

In August 2020, Hutchison Ports and the Egyptian Navy signed an exclusive 38-year agreement on the development and operation of a new container terminal in Abu Qir, Egypt. This new greenfield terminal is strategically located inside the Abu Qir Port, naturally sheltered by the peninsula.

Hutchison Ports Abu Qir means business

Hutchison Ports Abu Qir will be serving as the major hub to support the import and export trade for all of Egypt. Upon completion, Hutchison Ports Abu Qir will have a total quay length of 1,200 meters, draft of 18 meters, and a terminal yard space of 60 hectares.  Handling capacity is 2.0 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) with additional area of more than 100 hectares exclusively reserved for future expansion.  There will be new highways exclusively connecting the terminal to Alexandra, the capital city of Cairo and other major cities across the country.

 

Hutchison Ports – Abu Qir will have

  • 1,200 meters of linear quay length
  • 18m alongside draft
  • 8 Super Post-Panamax ship to shore cranes with 55 meters air draft
  • 35 units of rubber-tyred gantry cranes
  • 3 X-ray machines for import scanning
  • 60 hectares of container stacking areas
  • 120 hectares of standby storage areas
  • 3,000 TEU of reefer storage
  • 14 terminal gates (7 in and 7 out)
  • 2 million TEU handling capacity annually

TERMINAL OPERATING SYSTEM

The Next Generation Support

nGen, our proprietary Terminal Operations System, was launched in 2003 and has been undergoing many enhancements and innovations over the years.  Our latest iteration using Cloud based implementation truly captures our core operating experience around the world accumulated throughout the years.  Not only are we optimizing every move, we are even enhancing collaboration by connecting governments, our customers, and all terminal users.

nGen gives total visibility to the users so they can act with total confidence and not react to unexpected events.

Globally Recognized

nGen and its development approach have been awarded with technology excellence awards and certifications in all sectors, such as the CMMI Level 3, ISO 27001 Security Standard, ITIL v3 IT Service Management, APICTA 2006 Industrial Applications Winner, and ISO 20000 IT Service Management.

The nGen Network Effect

The latest version of nGen is built for autonomous trucks and automated container cranes, features that are critical in handling the ever-increasing number of Ultra Large Container Vessels. Given the fast rollout speed of nGen, we envision nGen to be at all our terminals within the next ten years..

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