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Egypt has won a seat on the General Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) following elections held last Friday in London. This marks Egypt’s sixth consecutive victory and its 23rd election to the IMO since joining the organization.

Egypt secured a seat in Category (c), which includes 20 countries with special interests in maritime transport or navigation and whose presence on the Council ensures fair representation of all major geographical regions.

The newly elected Council is scheduled to convene for its 136th session on 4 December, during which it will elect its Chair and Vice-Chair for the upcoming biennium.

Egyptian Minister of Transport, Kamel Al-Wazir, emphasized the significance of Egypt’s membership in the IMO Council, noting the country’s leading role in maritime transport. He highlighted Egypt’s strategic geographic location at the heart of global trade routes, its long coastlines along the Mediterranean and Red Seas, and the presence of the Suez Canal—one of the world’s most vital shipping lanes.

He added that Egypt is witnessing substantial development across all its seaports, with the aim of transforming them into a regional hub for transport, logistics, and transit trade, in line with the directives of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.

Source: Egypt Today