Egyptian logistics in 2026 is two opposite stories running at the same time. The Suez Canal Authority reported revenue of 4.67 billion US dollars for the 2025/26 financial year, up 23%, and that recovery is real: calendar 2024 had collapsed to 3.99 billion from a record 10.25 billion in 2023, with transits down 50% and net tonnage down 66.5%. But independent satellite tracking of vessel movements tells a harder story than the revenue line. Through the first eight months of 2026 the canal handled 9,867 transits, 10.2% more than the same period in 2025 but only about 56% of 2023, and container transits actually fell 3.3% year on year to 2,112, around 45% of the 2023 base. Revenue is recovering considerably faster than traffic, and boxes have not come back at all. Meanwhile Egyptian ports handled 11.1 million TEU in 2025, up 24.3%, with transit and transhipment containers up 36% to 6.7 million, because a box transhipped at Port Said or Damietta needs no canal transit to get there. This 2026 guide profiles ten providers with the strongest footprint in Egypt, listed in no particular order, drawn from Suez Canal Authority statements, IMF PortWatch data, exchange filings and operator disclosures.
How we chose this list
This is an editorial guide, compiled from public sources such as annual reports, company accounts, regulatory filings and trade media, rather than from paid placements or our own directory data. We weighed four things:
- Scale in Egypt: revenue, sites, fleet and employees based in the country.
- Breadth of services: freight forwarding, contract logistics, haulage, parcels and terminal operations.
- Track record: years operating in Egypt and publicly verifiable results.
- Network: domestic coverage plus international connections.
Figures are the most recent publicly reported at the time of writing. The companies appear in no particular order. A provider further down the page may well be the better fit for your specific lane or freight type.
The 10 companies at a glance
| Company | Type | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Suez Canal Container Terminal | Container terminal at East Port Said | Egypt's largest box terminal, and the only one taking 20,000 TEU vessels |
| DP World Sokhna | Container terminal and logistics park | Egypt's main Red Sea gateway inside the Suez Canal Economic Zone |
| Hutchison Ports Egypt | Container terminal operator | The container terminals at Alexandria and El Dekheila |
| Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling | Listed container terminal operator | The only exchange-listed pure terminal operator in Egypt |
| Damietta Alliance Container Terminal | Container terminal operator | Egypt's newest major terminal, in commercial operation since early 2026 |
| AD Ports Group | Terminal operator and industrial zone developer | The first internationally operated terminal in Upper Egypt, at Safaga |
| Egytrans | Listed freight forwarder and land transport group | The main listed Egyptian logistics operator outside the terminals |
| Safina | Shipping agency and maritime services | Agency coverage across 15 Egyptian ports, including canal transits |
| Bosta | E-commerce parcel courier | Egypt's leading venture-backed last-mile network |
| Mylerz | E-commerce fulfilment and last-mile delivery | End-to-end fulfilment for online retailers |
Suez Canal Container Terminal
SCCT opened in 2004 and is owned 55% by APM Terminals, 20% by COSCO, 10.3% by the Suez Canal Authority, 9.7% by Egyptian private investors and 5% by the National Bank of Egypt. It runs 3,355 metres of quay at 17 metres draft with 30 ship-to-shore cranes and 90 rubber-tyred gantries, and is the only facility in Egypt that can handle vessels above 20,000 TEU or work two ultra-large ships at once.
A 500 million dollar expansion opened in mid-November 2025, adding 955 metres of quay, 510,000 square metres of yard, 12 quay cranes and 30 electric gantries, lifting capacity to 7 million TEU and creating more than 1,000 jobs. The IFC lent up to 175 million dollars against it. The terminal moved to 100% renewable electricity during 2026, the first container terminal in Egypt to do so.
Best for: the largest vessels on Asia to Europe services, and transhipment at the Mediterranean mouth of the canal.
DP World Sokhna
DP World Sokhna handles around 1.75 million TEU a year across three basins, alongside a 300,000 square metre logistics park and roughly 1,000 staff. Its Basin 2 expansion cost 520 million dollars and close to doubled capacity, adding a 1.3 kilometre quay and a 350,000 square metre container yard, with Basin 3 handling liquid bulk.
In July 2026 it opened what it calls Egypt's first fully integrated logistics distribution centre at the Sokhna Logistics Park, with the prime minister attending and three global customers signed. Treat its investment figures carefully: DP World variously states more than 1.4 billion dollars across Egypt, more than 1.3 billion at Ain Sokhna over two decades, and 1.6 billion projected on completion of Basin 2. Those are three different scopes, not three versions of one number.
Best for: Red Sea cargo needing berth, bonded warehousing and re-export under one contract inside the economic zone.
Hutchison Ports Egypt
Trading in Egypt as Alexandria International Container Terminals, a free zone company, Hutchison has run integrated terminals at Alexandria and El Dekheila since 2005. Alexandria Port handles almost 60% of Egypt's foreign trade on the port authority's own figures. Hutchison's global network spans 53 ports in 24 countries and moved 90.1 million TEU in 2025.
Two things are shifting. It added a berth at Abu Qir during 2025, and a new facility at Sokhna began operating in January 2026 with four berths expected across the year, so Hutchison and DP World are now both expanding at Ain Sokhna: naming the operator matters when someone says the Sokhna terminal. Separately, CK Hutchison's own 2025 annual report confirms that discussions about disposing of its global port interests outside Panama, Hong Kong and mainland China are ongoing and have not completed, and Egypt sits inside that perimeter.
Best for: Mediterranean import and export through Alexandria or El Dekheila.
Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling
Established in 1984 and listed since 1995, the company operates at Alexandria and El Dekheila with about 1.6 kilometres of combined quay and 1.5 million TEU of capacity, handling 1.07 million TEU in the 2025 financial year at roughly 71% utilisation. For the first half of 2026 it reported revenue of 4.58 billion Egyptian pounds, up 3%, and net profit after tax of 3.80 billion, up 18%, with throughput up 8%.
Two things a careful reader should notice. Its net margin exceeds its gross margin, because finance income on a large cash pile plus foreign exchange gains outweigh operating costs, so this is not a clean operating result. And its auditor issued a qualified conclusion over unrecognised right-of-use assets and lease liabilities on port authority land, which on the auditor's own numbers would cut profits by about 92 million pounds and retained earnings by 391 million. It also moved its year end from June to December during 2025, so comparatives are unaudited.
Best for: not a company you appoint, but the clearest published window into what Egyptian terminal operations actually earn.
Damietta Alliance Container Terminal
Built by a consortium anchored by Hapag-Lloyd with EUROGATE and Contship Italia as operators, the terminal offers 1,670 metres of quay at 18 metres depth across 93 hectares, with 12 ship-to-shore gantries and 40 rubber-tyred gantries delivered against a final plan of 16 and 55, heading toward capacity of 3.3 million TEU.
Get the start date right, because the company's own website does not. Its homepage still says operations will begin in early 2025. Its own 2025 environmental and social report, published in March 2026, states that the terminal moved from construction and trials into commercial operations by early February 2026. Anything describing it as running through 2025 is repeating stale marketing copy.
Best for: newer Mediterranean capacity, particularly for carriers wanting an alternative to Port Said.
AD Ports Group
AD Ports holds a 30-year concession signed in 2023 with the Red Sea Ports Authority for the Safaga terminal: about 810,000 square metres with a 1,000 metre quay, designed for up to 450,000 TEU, 5 million tonnes of dry bulk and general cargo, 1 million tonnes of liquid bulk and 50,000 vehicle units of roll-on roll-off. Trial operations began on 9 June 2026, and the 200 million dollar project carries a 115 million dollar, 15-year facility led by the IFC.
It also holds a 50-year renewable usufruct over KEZAD East Port Said, a 20 square kilometre industrial and logistics park at the Mediterranean end of the canal, and bought a 19.3% stake in Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling for about 13.2 billion Egyptian pounds in November 2025. Note that AD Ports is itself being taken private: L'IMAD, through ADQ, already holds 75.42% and the board recommended accepting an offer for the remainder in August 2026.
Best for: Upper Egypt industrial and mining cargo, and Red Sea roll-on roll-off.
Egytrans
Egytrans reported revenue of 1.31 billion Egyptian pounds for 2025, up 67%, though gross profit slipped 3.6% and net profit fell 37% to 129.7 million. The mix has shifted decisively: logistics contributed 532 million pounds and land transport 456 million, against 69 million from storage, which had been 135 million the year before.
The step change came from acquiring NOSCO, cleared by the Egyptian Competition Authority in September 2025 and consolidated fully in the fourth quarter, producing a 71 million pound one-off acquisition gain. The group now presents itself as Egytrans NOSCO. One caution when comparing figures: its own results release quotes revenue as both 1.31 billion and 1.23 billion in different places, and net profit as both 129.7 and 120.0 million, because the segment table is built on a different basis from the headline.
Best for: inland transport, project cargo and forwarding where a listed Egyptian counterparty is preferred.
Safina
Headquartered in Cairo with six offices, Safina provides liner and tramp agency plus Suez Canal transit services across 15 Egyptian ports on both coasts, including Sokhna, Adabiya, Damietta, Port Said and Alexandria, with around four decades of experience. Its cargo focus is metals, minerals and fertilisers.
Noatum Maritime, part of AD Ports Group, acquired a majority stake in August 2024, with the founders keeping a minority and staying with the business, and it is being rebranded Noatum Maritime Egypt. The deal value was not disclosed. Because its parent sits inside AD Ports, it is also inside the ADQ take-private offer.
Best for: bulk metals, minerals and fertiliser moves needing one agent across multiple Egyptian ports and the canal.
Bosta
Bosta remains independent and is preparing to list. It plans to float 20 to 30% of its equity by the end of 2026 at a valuation around 8 billion Egyptian pounds, roughly 160 to 170 million dollars, with EFG Hermes running the offering, alongside a concurrent 32 million dollar private round of which 27 million had been raised.
Beltone Venture Capital exited part of its holding in May 2026 at a 75% internal rate of return while keeping a direct strategic stake. These figures come from startup trade coverage rather than an exchange filing, so treat the valuation as indicative until offering documents are published.
Best for: e-commerce merchants needing domestic last-mile delivery with cash on delivery.
Mylerz
Founded in 2019 by Samer Gharaibeh, Mylerz provides e-commerce logistics, fulfilment and last-mile delivery. It raised about 2 million dollars in a combined debt and equity round led by Lorax Capital Partners in July 2026, joined by Fawry and existing investors, with the capital earmarked entirely for Egypt. It had previously raised 9.6 million dollars in 2022.
It is still independent. One pattern worth noting for anyone assessing counterparty risk in Egyptian e-commerce logistics: the payments group Fawry has now invested in both Mylerz and Bosta, which are direct competitors.
Best for: online retailers wanting warehousing and delivery from a single provider.
Names you might expect that are not on this list
A few companies appear in almost every guide to this market but should not, because their situation has changed:
- Egypt Post: It appears on most lists of Egyptian logistics providers. It publishes no operational or financial data that could be verified from any primary source, and its own website blocks access, so there is nothing to assess it on. We would rather leave a company out than describe one we cannot check.
- Aramex: Usually listed as an independent Dubai-listed courier with a large Egyptian operation. Its group ownership changed during 2025 through an Abu Dhabi consortium takeover, and neither the current position nor any Egypt-specific figures could be confirmed from a primary source, so it is omitted rather than described from secondary reports.
How to choose between them
The right provider depends less on overall size than on fit with your freight and lane:
- Canal and Mediterranean transhipment: Suez Canal Container Terminal at East Port Said for the largest vessels, Damietta Alliance for newer capacity.
- Red Sea: DP World Sokhna for the economic zone, AD Ports at Safaga for Upper Egypt and roll-on roll-off.
- Alexandria import and export: Hutchison Ports Egypt for the terminals, Alexandria Container for the published numbers behind them.
- Inland and forwarding: Egytrans for a listed counterparty, Safina for port agency and canal transits.
- E-commerce delivery: Bosta for last mile, Mylerz where fulfilment and delivery come from one provider.
Whoever you shortlist, get more than one quote, because rates for the same lane can vary widely, and confirm licences, insurance coverage and references for your specific freight type. Our guide to the best websites to find a freight forwarder covers how to run that comparison, and the credentials you can check yourself covers verifying them.
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