The Egyptian government announced that it plans to update/repair all port discharge equipment. This is intended to significantly reduce the unloading time for grain vessels from the current 12-day average.

  Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS The Egyptian government announced that it plans to update/repair all port discharge equipment. This is intended to reduce the unloading time for grain vessels from the current 12-day average to approximately six days or perhaps even five and would require an increase in the daily discharge rate to about 10,000 MT/day. The government has said that it will also undertake improving the paperwork processes as an additional measure toward reducing the discharge delays.Egypt repor...