DAMIETTA PORT: EGYPT’S KEY WATERFRONT EGYPT PORTS AND WATERWAYS Credit: Ashraf Ghazy from Damietta Port Authority Copyright © 2016 IQPC Middle East. All rights reserved. WWW.EGYPTPORTSANDWATERWAYS.COM DAMIETTA PORT: EGYPT’S KEY WATERFRONT 1 Produced by IQPC Middle East in association with the Egypt Ports and Waterways 2016 in September 2016 in Cairo, Egypt. Located on the waterfront of Inbound containerships Egypt’s key region of production entertain discounted fees and consumption, the Delta and and outbound vessels join Greater Cairo, and being opened for International Navigation throughout the Suez Canal Convoy the year, Damietta Port is deservedly quite directly entitled “the front of Egypt”. As a world port of call, Damietta Port succeeded to preserve its Location international reputation as a The growing request of trade link offering access to main several global shipping Damietta is one of the oldest ports shipping lines between East and West connecting to the main world lines to include Port of Egypt. It dates back to the Pharaonic era. The modern port was trade lanes. Its location at the major of Damietta into their officially opened for International shipping routes has made it an itineraries particularly Navigation on 26 July 1986 .Recently, important logistic hub for world for mega containerships developments by the Egyptian trade. Damietta is an accessible port Ministry of Transport are underway and the navigational deviation from is necessitating further considering Damietta Port’s the global shipping lines is almost modernization. Marine distinguished location on the east of Zero. units rehabilitation and the Mediterranean. The port is 70 km away from Suez Canal, 130 km away Basic Figures modernization is a key from the center of the Delta , 10 km factor in harnessing away from New Damietta industrial Total port area is 11.8 million m2 zone and 45 km away from the while total length of berths is 5370 port competitive m and proposed to increase to advantage Around-the- nearest airport off Port Said (Al-Jamil Airport). 300 m. The external waiting area clock marine services is about 11,1 million m2 and can are performed at accommodate about 30 vessels Multi-Modal Chain while the internal waiting area is the highest level of 250.000 m2 and can accommodate efficiency by a well- Damietta Port entertains an 2 ships of lengths 200 m - 250 m. trained and coordinated integrated multimodal transport The ratio of water area to land area network (land - rail - river). A network is 1:3 (water area is 3.9 million m2 - marine staff. of inland roads links the port to land area is 7.9 million m2). A variety all Egyptian Governorates via the of cargoes are handled at different In October 1982, the first vessel arrived at the port International Coastal Road. The port terminals: Container Terminal I ( with 3400 tons of sheet piles on board from Saint Louise, France. has also four railway tracks totaling berths no. 1-4, 1050 m long , 14.5 11 km in length reaching to all berths m deep), General Cargo Terminal inside port (Containers – Silos - River ( berths no. 5-8 & 18-19, 1120 m port - General Cargo). In addition, long ,12 m deep), Dry Bulk Terminal the River Channel is 4.5 km long ( berths no. 9-11, 675 m long , 12 m ending with a river berth of 340 m. deep ), liquid Bulk Terminal ( berth Five electronic gates and twenty one no. 12, 225 m long , 12 m deep ), truck weight-houses are also in use. Multi-Purpose Terminal ( berths no. WWW.EGYPTPORTSANDWATERWAYS.COM DAMIETTA PORT: EGYPT’S KEY WATERFRONT 2 15-16, 600 m long , 14.5 m deep ), an integrated monitoring facility Grain Terminal ( berths no. 13-14, according to all internationally 600 m long ,14.5 m deep ), Marine recognized environmental Service berth (no. 17, 90 m long, 8 m measurements. deep) , Gas Berth (400 m long , Environmental services include: 14.5 deep) , Petrochemicals Berth monitoring air and water quality in (300 m long , 14.5 m deep) and the region , measuring the industrial Methanol Berth (300 m long , 14.5 m emissions inside work environment deep) in addition to the River Port. (noise – ventilation- Illumination By adopting The land- lord system , intensity – car exhaust – the opacity professional operators are selected of smoke – heat stress) and making to manage these port terminals. relevant reports implying the prerequisite procedures. In addition to the ISPS Compliance since Cargo Traffic 2004, DPA is keeping on complying with certificates: ISO 9001: 2008 28 million tons of cargo transported & OHSAS 18001: 2007 in the field According to Doing on 2349 vessels were handled in of quality, safety and occupational Business Report, the 2015. Port net profits achieved a 92% health. increase from the previous fiscal export process in year. In 2009, Damietta Port joined Damietta Port takes the world top 100 container ports Marine Services list by exceeding one million TEUs 10 days compared handled that year. Hopes are strong DPA provides safe and reliable port to other national to regain that remarkable place by and marine services. An excellent ports where the implementing the first phase of the package of services for all types of new container terminal with berths calling vessels is available around same process takes totaling 1300 m long and 17m the clock. Towage and pilotage are a longer time. Today, deep, to accommodate the latest key services. A highly caliber fleet of generations of container vessels. It marine units is in use and renders Cost effective and is expected to handle 2 million TEUs efficient and timely services as efficient rail and river in the first year of operation by a key per internationally acknowledged modes of transport world operator. standards. are speeding up Advanced ship traffic services the tempo of the E-Community include VTS system, Communication system, AIS system, Radar system, port performance T.V. closed circuits, Wireless system, Being the first Egyptian port to adopt providing a wonderful latest automated technologies to Meteorological station and a bring the port community members modernized Traffic Tower. Several mixture of multi- and trade partners together, firefighting and anti-pollution units modal transport that Damietta Port can offer services for are available as well. vessels and customers with speed Whatever contingency that may can reach domestic and efficiency. The application arise, it is tackled quite efficiently and marketplace directly of port solutions helped reduce effectively. All this is done through a via the International costs and enhance service quality well-trained highly qualified teamwork to the benefit of customers with of specialized pilots, engineers and coastal Road comprehensive E-service system technicians. DPA also owns a 450 such as: automated truck access, tons capacity ship lift to carry out E-invoicing and auto berthing…etc. simple repairs for marine units. Dredging Operations Port Hygiene Damietta Port witnesses a A clean port strategy has been continuous development process adopted by Damietta Port targeting compliance with future Authority(DPA). In this perspective, industry requirements. Through the an environmental observatory implementation of a mega project for was established in the port as deepening Damietta Port to reach WWW.EGYPTPORTSANDWATERWAYS.COM DAMIETTA PORT: EGYPT’S KEY WATERFRONT 3 16 meters, the Port Authority has industries and 50 feddans to be succeeded on February 2016 to added to the new container terminal. modify the Navigational Declaration of the port to become 16 meters deep with safe navigational depth at Foreign and Domestic 14,5 meters and turning basin depth Ties of 15 meters. On March 2016 and to materialize the result of dredging Special attention is given to fostering efforts, the port managed for the ties with key European Ports so that first time to accommodate the huge new horizons of mutual interests container vessel CMA RIGOLITTO can be opened with the international with a draft of 14.5 m and length shipping industry key influencers. of 350 m. Currently, there is an Meetings were held and MOUs were ambitious plan to launch the second signed with Alexandropoulos Port, phase of the deepening project to Port of Koper and Livorno Port to By the turn of the reach the depth of 18 m so that the maximize mutual benefits and share year, there will be port becomes able to accommodate experiences. both present and future container Within few years, Damietta Port will a full application of and cargo vessels with varying sizes. be acting as a logistic gateway for the Single Window two national mega projects; the System that should World Logistic Hub for Grain and Investment Perspective Food Products inside port area serve as a catalyst for A myriad of investment chances are which aims to convert Egypt into a shorter and smoother present. Though several areas are global hub for handling, warehousing work procedures currently used, there is still an area of and providing logistics and value- 3 million m2 available for ambitious added services for manufacturing among all partners. projects. According to DPA 2030 & packaging industries of grain, With guidelines, Plan, future development projects oilseeds, unrefined oils, raw sugar and other strategic commodities procedures and include : the construction of a multi- purpose terminal with berths totaling contributing to the food security of work systems right 630 m long & 17 m deep , with a Egypt & the region. The other project in place, Damietta 75.000 m2 backyard, developing is the Furniture City to be established an area of 30.000 m2 into a liquid in Shata Town. With every possible Port is always safe, bulk station and constructing a 300 gesture of readiness and every secure and clean m long berth in front of the turning sign of willingness to service the domestic, regional as well as global while operations basin on a space of 70.000 m2 as a facilities area to serve future oil and shipping trade, Damietta Port always are performed up gas projects and provide bunkering unravels tremendous capabilities to highest level of services.