A new research titled The new Suez Canal: economic impact on Mediterranean maritime trade can be downloaded for free from the Ports&Shipping section. This report – conducted by SRM Research Center of Intesa Sanpaolo in collaboration with AlexBank research team – was presented on 29th November 2015 at the Italian Embassy in Cairo to Italian and Egyptian entrepreneurs and authorities.This paper intends to call attention to the major economic repercussions expected in the sectors of transport, logistics, tourism, and in the businesses directly or indirectly associated with the intercontinental maritime transport deriving from the enlargement of the Suez Canal and in the synergic logistics activities planned by the Egyptian Government and expected to be completed in the next few years.

The study is structured so as to address the role of Egypt within the world supply chain and the effects of its most recent strategic investments in maritime and port economy. The study, in particular, analyzes the traffic trends and the new infrastructure built along the Suez Canal. The analysis offers an exhaustive overview of the expanding work in the Suez Canal as well as the enlargement of the ports on the Egyptian Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts which can be the principal beneficiaries of the work along with those overlooking the Gulf.  The last part contains a summary of the evaluation of the direct and indirect economic effects, with an insight on maritime and port economy.

Download the report (English and Italian version) and the conference proceedingsThe Arab version will be soon available.