The Finance Ministry of Egypt will launch the public-private partnership (PPP) tender for the USD110 million 6 October dry port by early next year, head of the ministry’s PPP unit Ater Hanoura confirmed to local sources.

The tender was supposed to have been launched after the government announced the three qualified bidders, and the results were expected to be announced before the end of the year. The qualified participants are: a consortium made up of Elsewedy Group, Schenker and Cairo 3A; another made up of Groupe PSA, Hassan Allam Construction, and Concorde Engineering and Contracting; a third comprising the Holding Company for Maritime and Land Transport, the Suez Canal Economic Zone, DP World; Samcrete-IGL consortium and GE Transport.

The scope of the project involves the development of the Port of 6th of October, located in Giza, in the north-east of Egypt. Extending over an area of nearly 100 acres, the dry port facility will include 13 specialized zones to receive and store containers, liquid and dry bulk cargo, multipurpose storage warehouses, an administrative area and customs offices, as well as an additional 300 acres for the logistics centre.