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Port history

It is historically recorded that Egypt was the first country to dig a man-made canal across its lands to connect the Mediterranean sea to the Red sea via the River Nile and its branches,
that was in 1874 B.C. That canal was abandoned and reopened several times.
The Suez canal is actually the first canal directly linking the Mediterranean sea to the Red sea. It was opened for international navigation on 17 November 1869.

Port Description

The port of Damietta is about 8.5 km to the west of Damietta branch of River Nile in the Mediterranean sea to the west of Ras El Bar, It is at the distance of 70 km to the west of port Said Port. The construction cover an area of 25 km.

Approach area :
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. Look to the map

Water Break : The western water break is 1640 m long, 140 m are in land and 1500 m in the sea. The Eastern water break is 738 long, 200 in land and 538 m in the sea. The water breaks 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

General Information

Tide	two feet above the constant level of the map
Area	the land area is 6.2 km
Area	the water area is 3.1 km
Ma depth permitted	42 feet
Dock density	1.030
Capacity available	:5.6 million ton yearly

Berths and cargo

overall area for container terminal is 606000 m absorbing energy for containers
terminal is 50000 remunerative unityearly Look to the pic

Berth Number	Berth type	Berth Length (meter)	Berth depth (meter)
1	containers	250	14.5
2	containers	250	14.5
3	containers	250	14.5
4	containers	250	14.5
5	general cargo	200	12
6	general cargo	200	12
7	general cargo	200	12
8	general cargo	200	12
9	general cargo	225	12
10	general cargo	225	12
11	general cargo	225	12
12	general cargo	225	12
13	grains	300	14.5
14	grains	300	14.5

STORAGE :

Areas for general cargo approximately	: 18500
Areas for containers approximately	: 265280
Areas for refrigerated approximately	: 147000

Areas in meter square

How to calculate Damietta Port Dues

1-	Port Dues	=	GRT X 0.21	USD
2-	Light Dues	=	GRT X 0.05	USD
3-	Berthing Dues	=	GRT X 0.01 X No. of Days	USD
4-	TUGS	=	308.75 per TUG	USD

Number of tugs used depends on vessel's length over all as follows :

Less than 275 ft	:	Nil	TUG
275 ft - 399 ft	:	1	TUG
400 ft - 600 ft	:	2	TUGs
699 ft and up	:	3	TUGs

5- Pilotage Dues from the outer anchorage to the berth or vice versa as per the
following table :

Vessel's GRT	USD
Up to 999	83.10
1000-4999	136.25
5000-9999	190.25
10000-19999	267.50
20000-29999	351.50
30000-39999	467.40
40000-49999	525.40
50000-59999	554.35
60000-69999	652.20

N.B.
60% to be added to the above rates in case working from the period of one hour before
sunset till one hour after sunrise.

6- Mooring and Unmooring as per the following table :

Vessel's GRT	USD
300-999	20
1000-3999	30
4000-8999	45
9000-14999	65
15000-29999	85
30000-39999	100
40000 and up	120

N.B.
20% to be added to the above rates in case working after office hours and 50 % in case working on Fridays and official holidays.

7- Estimated Port expenses ( Customs, Immigration, Port police, Quarantine ...etc. )
= 500USD

Address

Port Authority of Damietta , PO Box 13 , Damietta 34511 Egypt

Tel :+20 57 325940

Telex : 63204 DAMPA UN Fax : +20 57 325930