Egypt’s Transportation Minister Hesham Arafat informed that the country will keep its ports open for 24 hours a day, in order to reduce the waiting times for shipment. Currently, Egyptian ports stay open for 16 hours.
The new extended port hours will not have any added cost for shippers, the minister noted. However, he did not made clear when the new port hours will be launched or for how long the new policy will remain in place.
Recently, there have been complaints by traders, about the increasing demurrage fees, caused by long delays for their vessels at Egypt’s ports. These delays have raised the cost of business operations.
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The new hours were welcomed by local traders, but the calls for extra storage areas in the country’s ports continue.