EBU
To Lead business in a dynamic world. Clients have the right to get the facts accurate, reliable and on time and that is what we offer.
who we are ?
a network of experts, specialists, and Co-consultants are dedicated to provide the best of professional experience and applicable knowledge. they are committed to create the most optimum solutions and most reliable answers for our clients
Scope of Profession
Whatever is your project, its scale, its field, we can support your project in each and every step from project initiation, execution till fully operation.
Identifying your business performance based on financial data is a necessity for every company. Applying the related and appropriate type of financial analysis and providing reliable results is our job.
Identifying your business performance based on financial data is a necessity for every company. Applying the related and appropriate type of financial analysis and providing reliable results is our job.
There are a broad range of investments criteria to deal with when deciding to invest. Whether it is for your own self or for your company, to select between financial, or real investments. To choose what the most appropriate for your specific requirement. To weigh the options of various returns and their associated risks for each one. How to diversify when it is possible. For all of that you can count on our guidance and dedication.
Projects in seaports are diversified with many stakeholders at both public and private levels. Port projects are characterized by their multi-spill-over- impacts on trade, economy, employment, transport, logistics, shipping, investments, industry.
To create a balanced win-win for related parties within each project, maximizing returns and positive externalities is our edge of excellence.
To enhance the operation process of your company, improving the main flow in parallel information, physical product, and financial units. Eliminating gaps and loops which cause hidden losses in terms of money and time is the main key point to raise your level of efficiency.
Analyzing supply chains. spotting the main obstacles. Proposing solutions, and identifying measures to be applied is our task.
To provide your work force with a transparent clear framework to cooperate within the company to achieve company’s goal. to build a dedicated performance development strategy for your firm and to design its planning are our main targets.
Our Services
Maritime Economics services
feasibility studies is a key factor to a successful project, specially in maritime where costs are significantly high with their complex dynamics, these studies have to be carefully addressed detailed technical, market, and financial feasibility studies.
The flow in a maritime business has a direct impact on the performance and success. Analyzing exact points where a slower-than-required flow is seen is essential in improvement. It is important to determine where you need to alter your system, process or plan to ensure smooth operation.
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ports and terminals are being ranked according to different types of KPI, and how to cope with best practices in the field.
for port planning to set the quays and yards specs, project phasing schedule, and their priorities according to the their best economic utilization is a pre-request to ensure port profitability.
pricing is a very sensitive tool that affect all port stakeholders, specially in a non-competitive market where lines show more market power than ever, it is important to adapt price through a comprehensive and detailed deeply related frame work .
in such a dynamic business Cargo forecasts are the key identifiers for every requirement at operational, financial, logistic, and development levels.
Demand-Supply Gap analysis: is the optimal approach to define the potential improvements needed to enhance port activities and their related returns.
for each terminal, port, company it is important to be aware of its market power, its market share, its potential allies and its main competitors, it is also important to design the appropriate competitive approach to enhance its market position.
green/ smart port assessment according to global green/smart port indicators
Business Development
We merge our years of hands-on experience with modern solutions, tactics and strategies to identify the right track for your business.
Measuring performance is the key to set futuristic plans. Our experts can help you determine what data you need to measure and collect, what KPIs suit your business most and how to apply motivational programs for your staff to help them realize your goals, not only by qualitative measures but also by accurate quantitative methods.
Converting the strategic plan into several detailed operations within a certain schedule is a crucial phase. Our highly-experienced team will help you determine the detailed scheduled map for the operation of your enterprise.
Requirement planning and scheduling procurement of an enterprise is not an easy task. We can ensure waste elimination and resource utilization when it comes to procurement schedules and consolidation.
Analyzing your current supply chain to find bottlenecks and congestion points is very important for the continuous growth of the business. We can help you improve it and alter it effectively.
The flow of information throughout the enterprise is a key feature to its success. We can effectively determine the paths, the data and the accessibility of this data by every role within the organization to ensure confidentiality and correct use by employees.
Tracking the maintenance and depreciation of your property or equipment is essential. We aim to facilitate this process for you to ensure your assets are run without losing value.
Financial advisory
If you starting a business, a startup or launching a new project in your current business, we can help you make the right decisions by ensuring the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of your next steps.
Finding fund for your business is challenging. If you are struggling or uncertain about the way to finance your project or business, we aim to assist you in finding the most reliable and efficient financing plan.
Our experts can help you make the right decisions about your business by ensuring you have gathered the correct data about businesses in the field.
While building a business, you always focus on the steps you need to take to start operating. However, focusing on post-implementation phases is key when it comes to the sustainable success of a project or business. Our experts, armed with years of hands-on experience, will evaluate your business and provide you with an opportunity to optimize and apply needed changes to succeed.
If you are looking for a way to invest your equity, we provide a lot of tailored investment alternatives based on your capital amount.
If you are launching a new product or service, correctly choosing the price is crucial to your profit margins. Our team of excellent expertise will assist you based on the market surveys and competitor analysis.
Applying different types of financial fundamental, and or technical analysis to assure business stability, define impeded economic trends, plan long term investment.
Tenders
Preparing tender documents is certainly a challenge. Our experts can bring years of hands-on experience and merge it with your most outstanding technical capabilities, in aim to create an eye-catching tender proposal or help you in choosing the perfect business to do a certain job for you. We will assist you throughout all tendering phases including procedures, assessment, selection and announcement.
Contractual phases can definitely be an irritating headache and an extremely long journey when you are not equipped by the necessary tools. Our experts will be there to aid with all types of contractual negotiation, financing agreements, service agreements, syndication agreements, subcontractor contacts and operational contracts.
Human resources and organizational structure
Planning your organizational structures and creating roles that perform within a certain job description is a must when planning your business. Our specialized experts design a tailored structural hierarchy for your organization to effectively fulfill the needs of the business.
Long-term vision for a business requires you to create a job path for each job to maintain loyalty between your employees in the organization. Aligned with the latest standards and most innovative job tracks in the business world, we will design you the most efficient path for sustainable growth of your organization.
Having the required team players with their sufficient skill-set is a priority whether you are running an expansion project, a mega project or starting up a small enterprise. Tailored for your needs, we will provide you with the exact skills needed for each occupation. Moreover, we provide assistance in recruitment assessment and candidate examination.
We do not only focus on the pre-recruitment phase of employee assessment; however, we assist you in keeping your employees aligned with the newest skills developing everyday during their performance by designing a specific skill matrix for each job path.
Continuous improvement is the key to continue growing or even sustain success. This means the continuous analysis of your employee’s skills and being able to determine the training packages they are in high need of. We can analyze their current skills and performance to reach a concise quantitative measure of the gap that needs to be filled to reach the goals of the organization. In addition, we can accurately prescribe the needed training packages and offer it to reduce the gap and optimize overall performance of the organization.
ABOUT US
EBU helps Private and Public Entities, port authorities, and Economic zone in analyzing business situation, providing feasibility studies, and Project assessment adopting
quantitative approach, using Econometric and financial Models, statistics, and dedicated software. Specialized in transport sectors and industrial related activities.
Our Founder
Salma Zaki
Economic consultant with a wide experience in maritime sector, helps Private and Public Entities, port authorities, and Economic zone in analyzing business situation, providing feasibility studies,
- Trans-Misr-Terminal Board Member 2024
- Updating EGMPT-TMT Financial Model for Banks revisions 2023.
- Assessment and evaluation of Gargoub Terminal Project 2023
- Negotiating and Concluding EGMPT-CMATH-CMAT terminal Services Agreement, 2022.
- Negotiating and Concluding EGMPT-CMATH-CMAT terminal operating Agreement, 2022.
- Negotiating and Concluding EGMPT-CMATH-CMAT Joint Venture Agreement JVA to establish a terminal operating Company, 2021.
- Negotiating and Concluding EGMPT Financing Agreement for a commercial loan with Banks syndication to finance EGMPT’s project at Alexandria Port, 2020.
- Preparing multipurpose terminal’s feasibility studies (Technical, Marketing, Financial) at piers 55-62, Alexandria Port for the Egyptian Group for Multipurpose Terminals (EGMPT), 2020.
- Preparing tender documents to select an international operator for Egyptian Group for Multipurpose Terminals “EGMPT’s” Multipurpose terminal at Alexandria port, 2019.
- Suez Canal Container Terminal SCCT’s expansion to the new container terminal at Port Said East Port capacity assessment.
- Sky-Multi-purpose Terminal in East Port Said Port; Static and Dynamic Operational Capacities Assessment and Economic Scale Analysis.
- Agri-Dry Bulk Terminal Development in East in East Port Said; Static and Dynamic Operational Capacities Assessment and Economic Scale Analysis.
- Alarish Port Development; Masterplan and phasing Planning.
- East Port Said Port incentives; Pricing Policy analysis and revision.
- NYK-Toyota-Bollore’ RORO Terminal in East Port Said; Capacity Assessment and Economic Scale Analysis.
- Russian Industrial Area; assessment and analysis.
- Marpol_1 Port Reception Facility in East Port Said; evaluation and assessment.
- European Investment Bank – COWI Belgium – Green Value-Added Logistic Center in East Port Said; review and evaluation.
- Multipurpose Terminal in East Port Said; Static and Dynamic Operational Capacities assessment and analysis.
- European Investment Bank – SPEA Italy – Suez Canal Transport Interconnection with Greater Cairo in Egypt; review and evaluation.
- New Horizon Liquid Bulk Facility in West Port Said; Static and Dynamic Operational Capacities assessment and analysis.
- Egyptian silos and warehouses- Agri-Dry Bulk Facility; Static and Dynamic Operational Capacities assessment and analysis.
- Fertilizers Plant in Ain Sokhna Hinterland; evaluation and analysis.
- Egypt Ports Masterplan 2030; review and evaluation.
- CT1 Container terminal in East Port Said; Static and Dynamic Operational Capacities assessment and analysis.
- SCZone International Economic Cooperation; Market Opportunities.
- Tunnels Tolls; Pricing Policy.
- Measuring Alexandria & Dekhila Ports Capacities, Assessing the Gap between Supply and Demand on the Services in These Ports, and Estimating a Phasing Development Plan to meet The Gap.
- The Economic Utilization of Port Sudan Logistic Area (Sallum).
- The most appropriate economic operation of the pier in front of the second container terminal in East Port Said Port.
- Supporting Egypt Hub Ports in East Mediterranean.
- The Role of Transport in Supporting Egypt Foreign Trade with Africa (COMESA Member Countries, and Nile Basin Countries).
- Feasibility Study of Establishing New Container Terminal in Port Said East Port.
- Feasibility Study of New Access Channel for Port Said East Port.
- Designing master plan to establish and develop integrated logistic sector in Egypt.
- Multimodal transport and logistics systems in Arab Region.
- Adjusted study to rehabilitation of Macdermott berth to the benefit of Egyptian Hydro Carbon Company
- Feasibility study to establish a container terminal in industrial Safaga port
- Requirements to initiate specialized dedicated port for Egyptian Hydro-Carbon Company in Macdermott area.
- A planning for Initiating and operating logistic centers and dry ports in A.R.E.
- Restructuring of Egyptian ports “Innovative research”.
- The proposed Egyptian obligations towards liberalization in Service Trade between Arab countries.
- The Economic & Social and Developing Aspects of Applying
- University Of Alexandria, “Ports Concessions Contracts”, 4-7 March, 2024 (Educator).
- Forum African Des Ports, Tangier, Morocco, 4-5 July, 2019; (Attendee)
- “Reshaping Global Supply Chain”, BIT’s 7th Annual World Congress of Ocean-2018 (WCO-2018) 29-31 October, 2018, Wehai, China; (Speaker)
- “Belt and Road Initiative and Economic Zones”, Forum of The Silk Road Imitative and the Investment Opportunities between the Arab countries and China, Alexandria, 17th September, 2018; (Speaker)
- “Suez Canal Economic Zone Supporting Role for Transit Trade”, Al-Ahram Publications, Egyptian Vision, Issue 109, Feb., 2024
- “the essentiality of foreign investment inflow and economic development in Nigeria”, for Asian Journal of Economics, finance and management, 12 Jul., 2023
- “Contribution of Foreign Trade to Balance of Payments of Papua New Guinea” For Prudence Journal of Business Management, 30-04-2013.
- “A Proposed Benchmark to Evaluate Investment in Maritime Hub Ports” Journal of Shipping and Ocean Engineering Volume 2, Number 5, May 2012 (Serial Number 8), USA, PP.293-303.
- Master Degree of Economic “The Relationship between the Development of Commercial Seaports and the Growth of the Egyptian International Trade during the Period (1990-2016)
“Econometric Analytical Study”
- Bachelor’s degree of Commerce, Economic Dept.,
Main Success stories
Negotiating and concluding a loan contract to secure financing for the newest state-of-the-art multipurpose terminal in Alexandria port
Providing feasibility studies and tender documents for its projects in Alexandria Port
negotiating Joint-venture Project of TMT company
Review, study, and analyze Eastport Said port Projects; RORO terminal, Multipurpose Terminal, Grain Terminal, CT2 terminal
EBU has performed a thorough revision and assessment to the project feasibility studies