Location
Damietta Port is situated 8.5 km. west of the Nile river of Damietta branch westward Ras El-Bar, and 70 km. away from Port Said Port. The port installations extend on an area of 11.8 sq. Km. The port is bordered by an imaginary line connecting the eastern and western external breakwaters.
Geographical Overview
Entrance Channel
11.4 km. long, 15 m. deep, and 300 m. wide gradually decreasing to reach 250 m. at the breakwater fringe, the approach channel is bordered by 18 nightly-lit buoys.
Breakwaters
The western breakwater is 1640 m. long with 140 m. land-based and 1500 m. sea-based area. The eastern breakwater is 738 m. long with 200 m. land-based and 538 sea-based area. Both breakwaters are made of stacked artificial acrobod piles topped with a concrete head.
Barge Channel
The barge channel consists of two sections; one is 1350 m. long connecting the barge dock to the sea and the other is 3750 m. connecting the basin to the Nile branch. The barge dock area is 250x250 m comprising a 250 m. long, 5m. deep quay.
Turning Dock
The turning dock diameter is 500 m. with 14.5 m. depth at the container berth, and 12 m. depth at the general cargo berth.
Port Specifications
Total Area 11800000 m2.
Land Area 8500000 m2.
Water Area 3300000 m2.
Total Warehouses Area 0.1 km2 (142510 m2).
Total Yards Area 0.25 km2 (254231 m2).
Total Silos Area 0.09 km2 (98304 m2).
Maximum Port Length M 4 Km.
Maximum Port Breadth 3 km.
Maximum capacity 19.75 million tons annually,as follows:
- 7 million ton (General Cargo)
- 7.50 million ton (Dry Bulk)
- 5.25 million tons containerized cargo.
- TEU Capacity 1.2 million TEUs
- Max. Ship Size 14 m. draft-vessels
- Unloading Containers Rate 2096 TEU/day .
- Unloading Ships Rate 4523 ton/day
- Working Hours Throughout 24 hours (in 3 shifts)
Contacts:
Port Authority of Damietta , PO Box 13 , Damietta 34511 Egypt
Tel :(2 057) 290940 - 290941 - 290000
Fax :(2 057) 290930 - 290963
