The Suez Canal Economic Zone's media office announced that East Port Said Port's new berths have seen increased general cargo ship activity. The port received the NKR ALICE from Bulgaria, which was loading 60 thousand tons of clinker ore to Cote d'Ivoire, and the SAGITTARIUS from Alexandria, which was loading 27 thousand tons of salt to Latvia. The port also finished loading the MARIAM.M, which was transporting 8400 tons of salt from Alexandria to Croatia. The port is continually enhancing its ability to receive such ships and is strengthening private sector partnerships to attract shipping lines to its ports.