APM terminal Port Said to reopen 8 a.m. Tuesday



Jan 31 -- Egyptian ports were closed or operating at sharply reduced capacity amid a seventh day of anti-government protests Monday, but the Suez Canal remained open for transits.



A.P. Moller-Maersk said its terminal Port Said, at the Mediterranean end of the canal, was closed but was expected to reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday. The ports of Alexandria and Damietta were working at “a much reduced productivity,” said Maersk spokeswoman Mary Ann Kotlarich.



“Containers are starting to fill up in the Egyptian container yards as there are no imports being picked up, and no exports loaded out. It is under evaluation whether export bookings via Egyptian ports need to be restrained,” Kotlarich said.



(Source: JoC)