Logistics Group: Damietta–Safaga Corridor Offers Safe Route for Gulf-Bound Cargo

Egypt's logistics division says the Damietta–Safaga corridor provides a safe route for transporting goods to Gulf states, according to Al-Watan.

The report is brief: it doesn't quantify current cargo volumes on the route, name which shipping lines use it, or say whether new services are planned. It frames the corridor mainly as an alternative or complement to Red Sea shipping routes affected by regional security concerns in recent years.

The mention adds to a running thread of Safaga port news this year — the port has recently taken on a Turkey–India container service with Arkas and Turkon, joined a CULINES service linking it to Asian ports, and shipped both phosphate cargo and live calves through its terminals. A domestic land-and-sea corridor tying Damietta, on the Mediterranean, to Safaga, on the Red Sea, would let cargo bypass longer sea routes for Gulf-bound trade.

For Safaga residents, more shipping traffic through the port can mean more port-related jobs, though the source report gives no figures on expected volume or timeline. Hurghada News does not know when or whether new services on this corridor will launch.