Egypt: Maritime Trade Infrastructure

This article examines the process of qualitatively modernising Egypt’s maritime fleet and transforming it into a fullyfledged component of national productive forces. The Suez Canal once transformed the geography of global trade and continues to ensure the unity of sea routes, significantly reducing the cost of cargo turnover between them. However, the narrow channel and emergency situations can significantly impact traffic volume and carrying capacity under specific circumstances. The facility operates at full swing, ensuring a third of the global container traffic and generating significant revenue for a century and a half. The objective of the article is exploring the state’s extensive policy of expanding the functional significance of the maritime merchant and civilian fleets through the implementation of programs to modernise the country’s maritime and port infrastructure. Systemic approach is used to study the research object, employing elements of content and factor analysis and methods for qualitative and quantitative assessment of the process of strengthening this strategically important economic sector.

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