It is one of the ministry of transports agencies , which controls many of the seaports which extend on the shores of the red sea and gulf of suez and gulf of aqaba which have a prime location on the world trade track.

And oversees many of the specialized ports in the fields of petroleum, mining and tourism , an integrated plan for the development and modernization of the red sea ports was prepared in order to enhance.

Cargo and container handling and double passenger and tourist numbers these ports are located in three governorates :

1. Suez governorate (port tawfig - port zeiteyat )

2. red sea governorate (hurghada port - safaga port)

3. south sinai governorate ( nuweiba port - sharm el sheikh port - taba port )