Damietta
Egypt’s Damietta Port is located 10 km west of the Nile river of Damietta branch westward Ras El-Bar, 70 km to the west of Port Said and 200 km from Alexandria Port. It is operated by state-owned Damietta Port Authority.
Damietta Alliance Container Terminals receives five new STS cranes
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – Damietta Alliance Container Terminals has announced receipt of the first set of five Ship-to-Shore...
Southern Mediterranean shore transhipment hubs
Paris, France (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – From Tanger Med to Damietta, transhipment hubs in the Mediterranean are developing rapidly on the...
DFDS to start Trieste-Damietta service
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 17, 2024 – Danish shipper DFDS will start a Ro-Ro service between Trieste and Damietta in Egypt in November. The...
Voith Schneider to deliver propellers for tugs in Egypt
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) July 16, 2024 – Voith Schneider will deliver a total 22 Voith Schneider Propellers (VSP) to the Egyptian Ship Repairs...
Livorno signs agreement with Port of Damietta, Egypt
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) June 27, 2024 – The Ports of Livorno and Damietta have signed an agreement to develop energy traffic. The Memorandum of...
ONE updates the Egypt Lebanon Turkey (ELT) service
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) June 5, 2024 – Ocean Network Express (ONE) has announced an update to the Egypt Lebanon Turkey (ELT) service. This service...
Damietta port to host new ship scrapping & recycling project
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – Damietta port will be the location for a new ship scrapping & recycling project to be set up by...
Russian oil ship-to-ship operations seek new ports in the Mediterranean Sea
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 26, 2024 – Earlier this month, Greece started issuing NAVTEX notices which inform all shipping to stay away from...
Damietta Alliance signs contract for superstructure works
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) April 26, 2024 – Damietta Alliance Container Terminals has signed a contract with Rowad Modern Engineering for...
Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd’s Gemini Cooperation to rely on 15 main ports
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 30, 2024 – Fifteen ports will play a key role in A.P. Moller-Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd’s Gemini...
Possible new Ro-Ro line Burgas to Alexandria or Damietta
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – There is a possibility for the opening of a Ro-Ro (roll-on/roll-off) line between Bulgaria’s Black Sea...
Damietta Container & Cargo Handling joins the Portchain Connect Network
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 30, 2024 – Damietta Container & Cargo Handling Co (DCHC) has joined the Portchain Connect network. DCHC were...
Egypt cancels listing of port companies
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 25, 2024 – The Egyptian government will abandon the temporary listing of the Port Said Container and Cargo...
New Ro-Ro line between Trieste and Damietta
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 23, 2024 – An agreement to launch a roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) sea freight line with a capacity of 420 trucks every...
AIIB loans $100 million to Damietta Alliance Container Terminal
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) December 20, 2023 – The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a $100 million loan to Damietta...
Port of Livorno hosts delegation from Egypt
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) October 20, 2023 – The Port of Livorno has hosted a delegation by President Reda Ismail of the Egyptian Ministry of...
EBRD to approve $125 mln loan to Damietta Port’s 2nd terminal project
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 22, 2023 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is set to approve a $125 million loan to...
Damietta port receives EBRD delegation
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 28, 2023 – In the first week of this month, the Port Authority of Damietta (DPA) received a delegation from the...
Russia’s FESCO plans more engagement with Africa
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) March 15, 2023 – Russia’s transport group FESCO plans more engagement with Africa with new services planned....
New MSC connection serving Egypt via TMT
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) March 8, 2023 – Starting last month, Trieste Marine Terminal (TMT) started a new connection operated by MSC –...