Egypt participates in IMO elections to maintain membership
An Egyptian high-level delegation headed by Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir participated in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council elections on Friday in London.
The delegation included Major General Ayman Saleh, Head of the Maritime Transport Sector; Ismail Abdel-Ghaffar, President of the Arab Academy for Sciencep Technology and Maritime Transport of the Arab League; and a bunch of chairmen of the Egyptian Maritime Chambers.
Egypt took part in the election to maintain its membership for the third time in a row after it had won the category C membership of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council, for the years 2018-2019, with 133 of 160 votes.
The Egyptian minister al-Wazir also headed a door-knock mission to the UK from November 27 to 29, organised by the British Egyptian Business Association (BEBA).
The mission encompassed Egyptian Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait, Minister of International Cooperation and Investment Sahar Nasr, and Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir.
It also included Yehia Zaki, chairman of the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone); former deputy prime minister Ziad Bahaa El-Din, as well as CEOs of major Egyptian companies.
Wazir met with representatives of more than ten companies belonging to the Society of Maritime Industries (SMI) which is the voice of the UK’s maritime engineering and business sector promoting and supporting companies which design, build, refit and modernise ships, and supply equipment and services for all types of commercial and naval ships, ports and terminals infrastructure, offshore oil and gas, maritime security and safety, marine science and technology, maritime autonomous systems and marine renewable energy.
Talks between the two sides covered investment prospects in the maritime transport industry in Egypt and potential bilateral cooperation in this vital sector.
He reviewed the Transport Ministry’s strategy to develop the entire maritime transport sector in Egypt through upgrading maritime ports, merchant fleets, services and operation mechanisms, as well as revamping the country’s network of roads and railways and qualifying human cadres.
