Nile Logistics is Qalaa Holdings’ transportation & logistics holding company with subsidiaries that deliver transportation efficiencies including seaport services in Egypt and river transportation solutions for clients in Egypt and South Sudan.

Nile Logistics operates three subsidiaries that offer stevedoring and river transportation services in Egypt and South Sudan. In Egypt, Nile Logistics’ subsidiaries operate a stevedoring on anchor service in various Egyptian ports. While the majority of the company’s historical clients have been coal importers, Nile Logistics is currently looking to expand its operations to include exporters of other commodities, namely grain. In addition to its stevedoring operations, Nile Logistics’ subsidiaries in Egypt operate an inland container depot in Noubareya Alexandria.

Nile Logistics also has a large fleet of fuel-efficient, environmentally friendly river barges that transport cargo along the Nile. Each river barge has the same capacity as 20-40 truckloads but requires a fraction of the fuel and money to operate making it a more economically viable transport option particularly in light of the recent removal of fuel subsidies in Egypt. In South Sudan, Nile Logistics’ subsidiary Nile Barges owns three convoys and transports a variety of goods between the northern and southern parts of South Sudan.

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  KARIM SADEK

  Managing Director, Qalaa Holdings Transportation Division
  

  KARIM SADEK

  Managing Director, Qalaa Holdings Transportation Division

  Prior to joining Qalaa Holdings, Mr. Sadek was Managing Director of the Arab Investment Company (ABIC), one of the largest private-equity firms in Egypt. During his tenure, Mr. Sadek returned a substantial part of the firm’s total investments (valued at over EGP 500 million [US$ 90.91 million]) to ABIC’s shareholders in the form of dividends and share buybacks. Mr. Sadek holds a Master’s in International Securities, Investment and Banking from the Business School for Financial Markets at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. He has extensive experience in corporate banking and credit risk assessment through his work both at the Commercial International Bank (CIB) and Arab Bank.

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  GENERAL MAGED FARRAG

  Nile Logistics - Chairman of the National Company for Multimodal Transport (NMT)
  

  GENERAL MAGED FARRAG

  Nile Logistics - Chairman of the National Company for Multimodal Transport (NMT)

  Maj. Gen. (Ret) Maged Farag is Chairman of the National River Port Management Company (NRPMC), Egypt’s leading developer and operator of river ports, which offers a fuel-efficient end-to-end logistics solution using the River Nile. A Portfolio Company of Citadel Capital’s Nile Logistics, NRPMC operates Tanash Port, a 27,500-square-meter facility capable of handling 2 million tons of bulk material and 110,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) per annum. NRPMC is also developing a river port in Tebbin, Alexandria. Prior to joining NRPMC, Mr. Farag was on active duty with the Egyptian Armed Forces, from which he retired with the rank of Major General. His last duty post was as chairman of a state-owned oil and gas company under the Ministry of Petroleum. He holds undergraduate and master’s degrees in military science and was a Fellow of the Higher War College.