Safaga Port Takes In 30,000 Tonnes of Indonesian Aluminium
A 30,000-tonne aluminium shipment from Indonesia has been unloaded at Safaga Port, which handled 40,000 tonnes of cargo in total, Egyptian outlets report.
6 September 2026
Breaking news and local reporting across the Red Sea coast.
A 30,000-tonne aluminium shipment from Indonesia has been unloaded at Safaga Port, which handled 40,000 tonnes of cargo in total, Egyptian outlets report.
6 September 2026
The Egyptian outlet Al-Nahar reports the launch of a solar-powered seawater desalination project in Marsa Alam with a design capacity of 10,000 cubic metres per day. Location, cost and start date were not given.
6 September 2026
Officials have three months to finalise the outstanding permits holding up the Marsa Alam Marina and to speed up construction, in a push to bring yacht tourism to the southern Red Sea coast, Egyptian outlets report.
6 September 2026
An evening enforcement campaign removed 17 cases of encroachment on El Pasha Street in Hurghada, Ahram Gate reported on 5 September with photographs. No businesses were named and no fines were listed.
6 September 2026
A damaged site on the Al-Ahyaa road north of Hurghada has been repaired, Ahram Gate reported on 5 September, publishing photographs. The report gives no cause, cost or contractor.
6 September 2026

A medical team at Hurghada Hospital intervened to treat kidney dialysis patients suffering clotting and blockage, the Egyptian outlet Sada El-Balad reported on 5 September. The report gives no patient numbers and no procedure detail.
6 September 2026
An inspection tour looked at whether work at the hospital is running to schedule and at the quality of its medical services, Ahram Gate reports. The report names no official and lists no findings.
5 September 2026

Crews brought a large blaze under control in Marsa Alam on 5 September. Youm7 and Al-Masry Al-Youm both report one injury; neither gives the cause or names the restaurant.
5 September 2026
Tourism companies have taken urgent action over boat excursions that chase dolphins off Hurghada, while the protectorates authority is sanctioning operators who break the rules, Al-Masry Al-Youm reports.
5 September 2026
The Egyptian daily says the walkway, built at a cost it puts in the millions of pounds, has deteriorated because nobody is maintaining it. The report names no responsible authority and gives no repair plan.
5 September 2026
Ahram Gate reports a governorate decision to demolish 28 structures built in violation of planning rules in Magawish, on the coast south of Hurghada's centre.
5 September 2026
Egypt's General Authority for Roads and Bridges has rejected reports about the state of the desert route linking Qena governorate to El Quseir, saying work to raise the road's efficiency is continuing on a fixed timetable.
5 September 2026