Cairo-Orascom Construction Industries Inc. (OCI) said June 1 that Egypt Basic Industries Corp. (EBIC) has successfully completed its first export shipment of anhydrous ammonia, totaling 23,400 mt, using its export facilities in Sokhna Port on the Egyptian Red Sea coast. Exports take place through a dedicated jetty operated by EBIC. EBIC owns and operates two port storage/export tanks with a total capacity of 80,000 mt, and a loading arm with a capacity of 1,200 mt per hour. EBIC’s name plate capacity is 2,000 mt/d, or 700,000 mt/y.