In an unprecedented move, Damietta Port Authority has joined the first of a series of online debates on maritime and shipping industry future after Covid 19 plague.

Rear Admiral Waled Awad DPA chairman and a number of DPA key officials exchanged  their opinions and views with experts from China,Italy and France on how the global maritime future would react to Covid 19 impacts.

The novel online Zoom based technique is  tailored by Maritime Training Institute (MTI) of Egypt’s Maritime Sector.

More online debates are expected  to cope with the  global trend of conducting businesses online amid fears of Covid 19 plague .