Arab Finance: AD Ports Group has launched trial operations at the Noatum Ports - Safaga Terminal in Egypt ahead of the facility's full operational launch later this year, the group stated.

Kamel El Wazir, Egypt's Minister of Transport, and Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, Managing Director and Group CEO of AD Ports Group, conducted a site visit to the terminal alongside senior officials to review operational readiness.

During the tour, officials inspected the terminal's operations, systems, and processes, which have been designed to ensure service delivery and operational preparedness in line with international standards.

The Noatum Ports - Safaga Terminal is being delivered under a 30-year concession agreement signed in 2023 between AD Ports Group and Egypt's Red Sea Ports Authority (RSPA) for the development and operation of the multipurpose terminal.

Spanning approximately 810,000 square meters, the terminal will feature a 1,000-meter quay wall and is designed to handle up to 450,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) annually. It will also accommodate 5 million tons of dry bulk and general cargo, 1 million tonnes of liquid bulk cargo, and 50,000 car equivalent units (CEUs) of roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) cargo.

The project is set to become the first internationally operated port terminal in Upper Egypt, serving southern Egypt and supporting connectivity between Egypt, the Middle East, Africa, and international shipping routes. The terminal forms part of AD Ports Group's activities in Egypt and the Red Sea region.

In April 2026, Noatum Ports, the international ports operating arm of AD Ports Group, confirmed the delivery of three ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and six rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes to the Safaga facility.

Beyond cargo operations, AD Ports Group recently launched cruise services at its terminals in Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, and Safaga, while also facilitating ferry services linking Safaga and NEOM ports to support the transportation of Hajj workers between Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

The group is also developing the 20-square-kilometer KEZAD East Port Said Industrial and Logistics Park with Egyptian partners near the Mediterranean entrance of the Suez Canal.

In November 2025, AD Ports Group invested EGP 13.2 billion ($279 million) to acquire a 19.3% stake in Alexandria Container & Cargo Handling Company (ALCN), one of Egypt's container terminal operators, before moving to acquire a majority stake in the company.