ABSTRACT
The Egyptian road network comes under the responsibility of two authorities, the national General Authority for Roads and Bridges, which is responsible for principal roads, and the Local Authority of the Govemorates, which is responsible for the roads within the area of each govemorate. The road freight industry in Egypt is a fragmented industry, dominated by large numbers of small firms, with a small number of large firms. As part of the general privatisation process, holding companies were established in 1991 to take over state sector companies as a step towards full privatisation. The Egyptian road haulage industry can be divided into state sector, cooperative sector and private sector operators. In the early 1960s a number of co-operatives were set up to gather the small private road freight operators, often operating as individuals and excluded from the nationalisation processes. In Egypt, road freight has been a regulated industry since 1957. Both quantity and quality regulations are applied.
