Cairo – Mubasher: Egypt’s public enterprise ministry and Holding Co. for Maritime and Land Transport, will launch a foreign trade conference entitled ‘East and Central Africa Trade Bridges’ in collaboration with Misr Insurance Holding Company on 2 July. 

The event will witness the launch of several transport and logistics services in marine transport, land transport, shipping, warehouse management, logistics centres, insurance, and marketing in a bid to support intra-trade among African countries, the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

In addition, a new maritime bridge connecting Ain Sokhna of Suez Governorate to East African ports will be announced during the conference to provide marine shipping services starting from October.