Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 32

8-August-2005

Egypt

Egypt Plans Maritime LNG Training School

The foundation stone for a new maritime training institute for LNG operations, at Abu Qir, Alexandria, was laid in late July by International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Efthimios Mitropoulos. The new facility will form part of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, becoming operational during the first half of 2006. Egypt became an exporter of LNG...