Historical background :
- Port Said is a compound term: “Port” and “Said” used to honor Mohamed Said Pasha, the Ruler of Egypt, in reference to an International Committee of members from England, France, Austria, and Spain, held in 1855, which chose this name for the port.
- In 1859, Port Said Port was constructed and it was to perform its works in a very primitive manner, only a beginning leading to the development of its role in international shipping movement and marine services.
- Immediately after October 1973 Victory, huge number of ships began to call the Port, carrying products of different types, general goods, cements and … , but the facilities of the port at that time, were very limited. Stores, quays, and yards were not capable enough to cope with the size of ships and volume of cargoes handled. There was congestion in the port and the Country bore a lot damages from as a
result of delay penalties paid in foreign currency to the ship owners.
- But now, the matter is quite different. In its pursuit to go hand in hand with the international development in maritime trade and shipping industry, and taking full advantage of its strategic location at main entrance of Suez Canal and the vital role played in foreign trade, a Presidential Decree was issued to organize and define the roles and responsibilities of Port Said Port Authority and the ports under
its jurisdiction (Port Said West Port, El Arish Port and finally Port Said East Port, which is recently inaugurated.).
- Since the issuance of this Decree, PSPA has taken effective steps for increasing the performance and reengineering the Ports organization, making use of state of art technologies and advanced operation management to make these ports be able to compete international ports. In this respect, new deep terminals were
constructed, compatible with the long depths and sizes of ships currently operating. In addition, new storehouses and yards were constructed on vast area to acquire the volume of goods handled at the port, together with the use of well equipped silos and warehouses for corns; Passengers terminal, roads and replacement of the existing infrastructures of the ports.
Values and Principles:
- Providing high quality service with time, effort, and money saving.
- Immediate response to the customers' needs.
- Reducing ship/ goods roundabout in the port
- Increasing performance to international standards and using the P.P.I as a performance benchmark.
- Abidance of IMO’s decisions and Enforcement of Environment Safety and Security Codes/ ISPS and PSC (Port State Control) Procedures
- Using automated port operation, electronic exchange of data and information and application of new administrative approaches.
- Procedures simplification
- Transparency, negotiation, and flexibility with all parties transacting with the port.
- Flexibility and competitive prices
- Development of Human factor
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