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.
Abu Dhabi Ports signs agreement to manage Egyptian sea and river ports
Cairo, Egypt (PortSEurope) March 22, 2022 – Abu Dhabi Ports Group has signed an agreement with the Egyptian Ministry of Transport to manage and operate...
CMA CGM signs contract to use Alexandria Container & Cargo Handling Co. terminals in Damietta port
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 7, 2021 – The French shipping and logistics group CMA CGM has signed a two-year contract with Alexandria...
National Marine Dredging Company wins Damietta port dredging contract
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 16, 2021 – The UAE’s National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) has been awarded a contract to dredge the sea lane...
Philippines ambassador visits Port of Damietta
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) March 14, 2021 – Philippines’ Ambassador to Egypt, Sulpicio M. Confiado, has visited the Port of Damietta to discuss...
Damietta restarts LNG production
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 24, 2021 – The Damietta liquefaction plant, which has a capacity of 7.56 Bcm per year, ceased activity due to a...
CMA CGM’s new NC Levant Service links Mediterranean ports
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) January 12, 2021 – The arrival of the CMA CGM WHITE SHARK in Hamburg on 9 January 2021 has marked the start of the NC...
Egypt ranks ports by exports
Cairo, Egypt (PortSEurope) November 5, 2020 – The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) has issued a report on Egypt’s...
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...
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...