- Sector
- Transportation
- Industry
- Other transportation
- Address
- Port Said Egypt
- IPO Date
- Jan 14, 1998
- Business
- Port Said Container And Cargo Handling Company SAE (EGX: POCO) is an Egypt-based maritime logistics and port terminal operations enterprise primarily engaged in container terminal management, cargo stevedoring, and maritime freight handling services. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Port Said, Egypt, the company operates as a key operating subsidiary of the state-owned Holding Company for Maritime and Land Transport (HCMLT) under the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of Transport. The company primarily manages the West Port Said Container Terminal, strategically situated at the northern entrance of the Suez Canal on the Mediterranean Sea, serving domestic commercial trade, regional feeder networks, and international transshipment shipping lines.
The company provides a comprehensive suite of port and terminal services, organized into core operational categories, including container stevedoring, quayside vessel loading, and discharge operations for containerized, general, heavy-lift, and roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) cargo; yard management, terminal warehousing, and open-air cargo storage; refrigerated container (reefer) management, power plugging, temperature monitoring, and pre-trip inspections; container freight station (CFS) operations, including cargo consolidation, deconsolidation, and container stuffing and stripping; empty and laden container maintenance, structural repair, and container washing services; specialized dangerous and hazardous goods handling in compliance with International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) standards; bonded storage and customs examination facilitation; and inland container depot logistics, gate management, and multimodal hinterland transportation coordination.
In recent developments, Port Said Container And Cargo Handling Company has advanced major modernization, infrastructure upgrade, and operational expansion programs aligned with the Egyptian government's strategic framework to develop national ports into global maritime logistics hubs. Over the past two years, the company has undertaken comprehensive berth deepening and quay wall reinforcement initiatives at its West Port Said terminal to expand draft depth, enabling the facility to accommodate larger container vessels. In parallel, the company has upgraded its cargo-handling superstructure through the acquisition, modernization, and electrification of ship-to-shore (STS) gantry cranes and rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes to accelerate container dwell cycles and improve operational throughput. Operationally, the company has expanded its digital transformation initiatives by upgrading its Terminal Operating System (TOS), integrating automated gate and container tracking technologies, and synchronizing data workflows with Egypt's national single-window foreign trade platform (Nafeza) to streamline customs clearance and improve service delivery for global shipping consortia and domestic cargo owners.