440 Turkish trucks blocked for 10 days in Egypt.

Turkey

Tuesday 16 July 2013

MLK

Because of the situation in Syria, the Turkish exporting companies pass through Egypt and Saudi Arabia to send their products to the Gulf countries, including Qatar, Bahrain, Yemen and Dubai, instead of going through Syria.

Currently about 400 refrigerated trucks coming from Turkey loaded with fruits and vegetables, dairy products and other perishable products are waiting for the shipping agency Sisa Denizcilik to send them a boat, but problems in the Egyptian port does not allow him to provide them with a boat.

Export by sea between Turkey and Egypt is important and according to a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of International Carriers, there are about 12,000 trips per year on this shipping line and it should increase up to 20 000 this year.

According to him, the problems are due to the political turmoil of the past week in Egypt.

Source : Le journal Zaman