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Damietta Port
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The port of Damietta dates to Roman tiemes. the configuration of the port at the mouth of the Damietta branch of the Nile has changed sigificantly
over the centuries partly due to the increasing fan of the DELTA and partly due to progression/regressions of the Mediterranean Sea over the past 2000 years.
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During the last 200 years, the significance of the port has subsided greatly. The ancient port has been
only for shallow trading between Damietta and Syria. Now it has become a fishing port and accommodates occassional barges engaged in Nile River traffic.
- The new Damietta port is a multipurpose one which started recently to operate since July 1987,
through which it has handled several million tons mostly grain, flour and other bulk goods, also general cargo The annual port capacity is 5.6 Million tons.
- The new port is one of the most significant steps EGYPT has undertaken to improve foreign trade facilities. After a study of flow of trade-traffic undertaken
through the Mediterranean in the late Seventies, Egyptian experts and US consultants agreed that a new port should be built between the two existing Mediterranean harbours of Alexandria and Port-Said.
- Another requirement was proximity to the Nile River, in order to ensure access to inland navigation
- Damietta port is situated on the Mediterranean coast, about 23 miles west of Port-Said with a road distance of 70 km, and 10 km from the Nile's Eastern branch near the seaside resort Ras El-Bar.
- Canal entrance : The canal is 11.3 km long and 300 m wide , this gradually decreases until it reaches 250 m at water break and 15 m depth.
The canal is surrounded by 18 buoys which are lit at night, odd numbers on the right and even numbers on the left, There is an external waiting area.
- Water Break :The western waterbreak is 1640 m long, 140 m are in land and 1500 m in the sea. The Eastern waterbreak is 738 long, 200 in land and 538 m in the sea. The waterbreaks are protected from the external side the industrial acrid bocks and they are topped by a cement layer.
- Barge channel : It consists of two ports one is 1350 m that links the barges dock to the sea and other is 3750 m that links to the dock to the Nile branch.
The area of the barge dock is 250 x 250 m and it is equipped with a berth of 250 m long where water depth is 5 m deep.
Diameter of the rotation dock is 500 m and its depth is 14.5 m in front of the containers broth and 12 m in front the general cargo berths
- Port dimension :An imaginary line links between the two ends of the external eastern and western break waters.
| Transportation Facilities |
- Damietta port will significantly reduce transport costs for Egyptian imports and exports.
In this respect, the port has good railway connections and four lane roads to Cairo and the whole Nile Delta.
- Moreover, a canal of a 4.5 km tong and of 5 m depth for barges up to 400 tons will link the port with River Nile which allows the cheapest sort of transportation.
| The Advantages of Damietta Port |
- Damietta is a first class transhipment port as it can accommodate large vessels due to the deep draught 14.5 m.. In addition to this, vessels can enter and leave the port any-time;
day and night, without any restrictions, so those transiting the Suez-Canal either North or South bound can use Damietta port without any deviation which saves quiet a lot of time.
- In addition to the above mentioned advantages, the port enjoys the unique chance of having wide areas inside and around it. These areas can be utilized for storage, depots,
workshops, free zone and other different activities related to harbour. Moreover, the port offers the best transportation facilities to the hinterland.
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