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 Port Authority to host MEDPorts Association meeting
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 17, 2019 – Damietta Port Authority (DPA) will host the next meeting of MED Ports Association’s Committee of...
Cyprus-based EDT to invest in Damietta Port in oil and gas logistics
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – Cyprus-based EDT Offshore is mulling investing in Damietta Port to support oil and gas companies in...
Hapag-Lloyd eyes investments in Egypt’s port sector
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Egypt’s transport minister Hisham Arafat has met representatives of German company Hapag-Lloyd AG,...
CMA CGM announces feeder service for Egyptian ports
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 26, 2018 – The French shipping company CMA CGM has announced that it will deploy its own feeder vessel to link...
Damietta Container and Cargo Handling Company undertakes dredging work
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Supported by the Damietta Port Authority (DPA), Damietta Container and Cargo Handling Company (DCHC) is...
USPA signs agreements with two leading ports of Egypt
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 4, 2018 – On Friday, November 2, a memorandum on cooperation between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA)...
Valenciaport Foundation trains managers from Kuwait and Egypt
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 28, 2018 – The Valenciaport Foundation (Fundación de la Comunidad Valenciana) has organised a training course...
Egypt, Italy to study launch of Damietta-Genoa ro-ro line
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) October 2, 2018 – Damietta Port Authority has participated in the Egyptian-Italian Dialogue Forum on Maritime Economy, which...
Damietta Port Authority see cargo traffic slightly down in July 2018
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 –Â Damietta Port Authority (DPA) has reported that 254 visited the port in July 2018, down from 260...
Egypt’s Damietta liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant to resume activities
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 7, 2018 –Â The Spanish Egyptian Gas Company (SEGAS) liquefied natural gas (LNG) complex in Damietta, Egypt, is...
Egypt reviews port development plan until 2030
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 – Egypt’s Ministry of Transport and the Arab Academy for Technology and Maritime Transport held a meeting...
Damietta Port Authority studies a steps to buttress investment and attract further port users
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) July 4, 2018 –Â Damietta Port Authority (DPA) is studying a new measures to buttress investment and attract further port...
ThyssenKrupp is possible investor in Egypt’s Damietta port
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 13, 2018 – Following discussions between ThyssenKrupp and Tarek El-Molla, acting Egyptian minister of petroleum and...
Damietta Port cargo traffic increases 18% in March
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 10, 2018 –Â The Damietta Port Authority (DPA) has said that the amount of handled cargo at the port increased by 18%...
Yang Ming starts Koper port service
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) May 2, 2018 –Â Yang Ming, a Taiwan-based shipper, has set up a new weekly service between Koper and the ports of Piraeus...
Egyptian government considers Red Sea and Mediterranean railway connection
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) April 30, 2018 –Â The Ministry of Transportation is studying the construction of a railway connecting the Red Sea and...
Damietta port reports improved January 2018 traffic
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – Damietta Port Authority (DPA) has reported an increase of 1.8% in the number of ships at the port in...
Ranking: leading Mediterranean and Black Sea TEU ports for the period 2005-2017
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2018 – Assoporti, the Italian ports association, has published full statistics for TEU traffic at leading Mediterranean...
New Ocean Network Express links Koper, Damietta, Piraeus ports
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 6, 2018 – ONE (Ocean Network Express) has started a new service connecting the ports of Koper, Piraeus (Greece)...
Nibulon management delegation visits Damietta port
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) april 5, 2018 – The Ukrainian grain trader Nibulon is considering an investment in grain storage and transport projects...