SCZONE and Japanese partners to advance alternative fuel bunkering
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The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) on Tuesday (19 August) announced the signing of cooperation agreements with its Japanese partners, ITOCHU Corporation, Orascom Construction and Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) to collaborate on green fuel bunkering projects.
The agreements were signed at the 12th session of the Egyptian-Japanese Business Council and the Egyptian-Japanese Investment Forum, held in Tokyo.
The first agreement was signed with ITOCHU Corporation and Orascom Construction to design, develop, and operate integrated facilities for supplying ships with ammonia as marine fuel at SCZONE’s ports in Sokhna and East Port Said, contributing to reducing emissions and supporting SCZONE’s orientation toward sustainable energy in the maritime transport sector.
The second agreement was signed with TMG to cooperate in the field of green hydrogen for ship bunkering, through knowledge and information exchange, demand stimulation, and the promotion of future clean energy applications.
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly emphasised that this cooperation with Japan as a development partner is of great importance to the Egyptian state, given the top priority it accords to the new and renewable energy sector. Egypt aims to be a regional and global leader in green hydrogen production and export, in line with relevant international trends, he said.
On the sidelines of the forum, Waleid Gamal El-Dien, Chairman of the General Authority for SCZONE also met Sumitomo Corporation to discuss establishing a new industrial zone under the industrial developer model within SCZONE as a platform for attracting Asian investments and cooperation in green fuel for ship bunkering.
The talks further explored cooperation in ship bunkering with various fuel types, as well as collaboration in the production of green hydrogen for export, ship bunkering, or use in decarbonising heavy industries like steel.
Photo credit: Suez Canal Economic Zone
Published: 21 August, 2025
