Openings, development, and the local economy.
Safaga port has handled the export of 53,000 tonnes of phosphate to Vietnam, the trade outlet Aswaq Information reported on 31 August. The report names no exporter, vessel or contract value.
5 September 2026
Egyptian outlets reported two large bulk movements through Safaga's commercial port on 30 August: an inbound aluminium shipment and a phosphate cargo bound for Indonesia.
4 September 2026
A final court judgment has settled a long-running dispute over a Safaga plot valued at one billion Egyptian pounds in favour of the hotel group, two Egyptian business outlets report.
23 August 2026
Officials laid the foundation stone for a $658m phosphoric acid complex in the New Valley producing 250,000 tonnes a year, with output targeted for export through a Red Sea port, Daily News Egypt reports.
19 August 2026
Safaga Port has shipped 44,000 tonnes of phosphate to India, according to Al-Mal newspaper, the latest in a series of large bulk exports moving through the Red Sea cargo hub.
16 August 2026
Egypt's logistics division says the Damietta–Safaga corridor gives shippers a safe route for moving goods to Gulf states, as Safaga's port continues to add international shipping lines.
13 August 2026
Sea View Development has handed management of its Sahl Hasheesh beachfront project to Absolute Hotel Services, which will run 68 hotel rooms and 189 branded residences under the U brand when the development opens in 2028.
31 July 2026
Fibre in the newer towns, a SIM in the pocket router, Europe an hour away — and the sea arguing with your calendar all day. Remote work, coast edition.
28 April 2026
Every arrival at HRG is a payroll. How tourism built the coast, who depends on it, and why the region is learning to lean on people who stay.
11 November 2025