Case Study: Tanta Inland Depot (Egypt) Goes Digital with Cloud CTMS/CYMS

In just four weeks, a strategically located inland depot in the Nile Delta
swapped spreadsheets and paper forms for a unified cloud platform—cutting
truck turn-times, integrating with the Nafeza

single-window and giving
managers a real-time 2D/3D view of every box.

The push to modernise Egypt’s logistics corridors is accelerating. A recent
success story comes from an inland depot outside Tanta, positioned
on the Alexandria–Port Said arterial corridor. Keen to jump-start efficiency
ahead of peak export season, depot management decided to migrate to a
cloud CTMS/CYMS instead of expanding their legacy Access/Excel
toolset.

Challenges Before Migration

Prior to the depot faced:

• Slow gate cycles—average 15 min per truck with manual ACI/ACID checks
• No live yard map; planners walked the 30-ha yard to locate empties
• Separate sheets for storage, M&R, billing and rail loading lists
• Currency-volatility CAPEX—on-prem servers priced in USD amid EGP swings

Why Choose a Cloud-Based CTMS/CYMS?

The RFP demanded:

• Arabic/English UI with RTL support for gate clerks
• Built-in Nafeza ACI interface to validate ACID numbers automatically
  (cuts customs processing 40 % nationwide)
• EDI D.95B CODECO & COARRI for Maersk, CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd
• Mobile workflows & OCR number recognition on Android devices
• 30-day rollout; zero local servers or Oracle licences
• SaaS €/TEU pricing to hedge EGP inflation

Contpark was selected for its modular stack, Egyptian-Arabic localisation and
transparent consumption billing.

Implementation & Outcomes

🚀 Timeline to Go-Live:

Kick-off to production: 4 weeks, including Excel migration and Nafeza
API onboarding.

🔍 Core Modules Deployed:

• Digital Gate Control with automatic ACID validation
  & OCR container capture
• 2D/3D Yard Dashboard—drag-and-drop, colour-coded by stack & status
• Rail/Train Formation for Alexandria & Sokhna block-trains
  (14 wagons / 730 TEU)
• Tariffs & Billing in EGP ↔ USD with daily ECB FX sync
• Customer Self-Service Portal (Arabic / English) for Gate-in/out
  requests & invoices

📊 Key Results after 60 Days:

• -38 % average truck turn-time (15 min → 9.3 min)
• -75 % paper errors in gate manifests
• 100 % container traceability—GPS + stack/tier coordinates updated
  every 5 s
• Live EDI feeds activated with Maersk, CMA CGM and Customs Nafeza
• KPI dashboard for dwell-time, crane moves, revenue/TEU in real time

Conclusion: Digital Ambition Realised in Egypt

By moving to cloud CTMS/CYMS, the Tanta-area depot
eliminated gate bottlenecks, met Nafeza compliance and gained end-to-end
visibility—without foreign-currency hardware headaches. The project now
serves as a template for upcoming inland depots across the Nile Delta.