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.
Local companies compete for Damietta port solar energy contract
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) September 21, 2020 – The local Daily News Egypt has reported that 20 local companies are bidding for a tender to construct...
Financing approved for new Damietta port infrastructure
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) September 21, 2020 – A contract was signed last Thursday for the financing of the construction of a new multipurpose...
Construction of Damietta Port’s second container terminal continues
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) July 14, 2020 – State-owned Damietta Container & Cargo Handling Company (DCHC) has reported that it will finish the...
EBRD to support Damietta port development
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) June 24, 2020 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), an international financial institution, is...
Damietta Port authority sees traffic down 4.6% in Q1 2020
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 11, 2020 – Damietta Port Authority (DPA) has reported total cargo handled in January-March 2020 of 9.44 million tons,...
Three international consortia want to build second container terminal in Damietta port
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 11, 2020 – Three international consortia submitted bids to build the second container terminal at Egypt’s Damietta port....
Hapag-Lloyd modifies Adriatic Express Service service
News – Hapag-Lloyd – April 16, 2020 Hapag-Lloyd has upgraded its Adriatic Express Service (ADX) service, which connects Piraeus and Damietta with...
Eni, Naturgy reach deal to reopen Egypt’s Damietta LNG plant
Eni reaches agreement with partners to amicably resolve the disputes affecting Union Fenosa Gas allowing the restart of the Damietta liquefaction plant in...
Egypt holds talks with EUROGATE to progress logistics zone in Damietta port
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 16, 2020 – Transport Minister Kamel el Wazir has met with senior management of Germany’s EUROGATE Group and...
Italy’s port of Bari and Chamber of Commerce have visited Damietta Port
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) November 3, 2019 – Admiral Walid Awad, Chairman of the Damietta Port Authority (DAP), received a delegation from the...
Contship and Eurogate sign up for Damietta port logistics project
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) September 16, 2019 – European terminal operators Contship and Eurogate have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with...
Waleed Awad appointed head of the Damietta Port Authority
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) August 17, 2019 – Transport Minister Kamel El Wazir has announced that Waleed Awad has been appointed head of...
Orient Asia Lines sends delegation to Damietta port
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) August 6, 2019 – Orient Asia Lines (OAL) has sent a delegation to Damietta port, on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, with...
OFID to fund Port Said grain storage facilities
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) July 30, 2019 – The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has signed a $14 million loan with Egypt’s Ministry...
ExxonMobil looks at Damietta port for logistics centre
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) July 21, 2019 – ExxonMobil, the U.S. multinational oil and gas corporation, is considering Damietta port as a location for...
Egypt government calls for port development
Cairo, Rgypt (PortSEurope) July 8, 2019 – President Abdel-Fattath El-Sisi of Egypt has issued directives for ministers on to proceed with projects to...
Damietta port attends East Mediterranean Maritime Conference (EMMC 2019)
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) July 3, 2019 – Tarik Shahin, Chairman of Damietta Port Authority joined the East Mediterranean Maritime Conference (EMMC...
CVS Ferrari reports orders this year from Egyptian ports
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 18, 2019 – CVS Ferrari has announced two contracts won this year to supply lifting equipment to ports in Egypt. Port...
Marine Industries and Services Organization to supply four tugboats to Damietta port
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 12, 2019 – As part of the government’s plans to develop ports in Egypt, Damietta Port Authority (DPA) Chairman...
Egypt’s Damietta port completes dredging project
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 5, 2019 – Damietta Port Authority has completed a dredging project, enabling the harbour to...