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| Actually there is no limit to the advantages that Port Said port has. Whether in the location, facilities even its design. It is really a unique port. HAST used to cover its business in Port Said by Damietta office which only 55 km from Port Said. |
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| LOCATION |
| Port Said port is situated on the Northern entrance of the Gulf of Suez. It is considered one of the main Egyptian ports due to its distinguished location at the crossroad of the most important world sea trade route between the East and Europe via Suez Canal, and the most extensive transshipment port in the world. The port is bordered, seaward, by an imaginary line extending 0.5 N.M. from the western breakwater boundary till the eastern breakwater end. And from the Suez Canal area, it is bordered by an imaginary line extending transversely from the southern bank of the Canal connected to Manzala Lake, and the railways arcade livestock. |
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| East Port Said Port has a distinguished location east of the Northern entrance of the Suez Canal, at the confluence of three continents, and at the crossroad of the most important world sea trade route between the East and the west. The port is bordered from the North by the Mediterranean Sea, from South by the industrial zone, from East by El-Malaha Lake, and from the Western verge of Suez Canal inside the frontiers of Port Said Province. |
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| Distances from Port Said up to … |
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| Cities |
Distances / Km |
| Cairo |
180 |
| 6th Oct |
230 |
| 10th of Ramadan |
140 |
| Alex |
260 |
| Damietta |
55 |
| Sokhna |
215 |
| Marsa Matrouh |
555 |
| Hurgada |
545 |
| Sharm EL Sheikh |
490 |
| Suez |
170 |
| Fayoum |
300 |
| Aswan |
930 |
| Siwa |
780 |
| Marsa Alam |
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| PORT SAID WEST SPECIFICATIONS |
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| Total Area |
3 km2 (3000895 m2) |
| Water Area |
1.7 km2 (1733800 m2) |
| Land Area |
1.3 km2 (1267095 m2) |
| Total Warehouse Area |
90000 m2 |
| Container Yard Area |
435000 m2 |
| Total Customs Zone |
Port Boundaries |
| Cisterns Area |
109473,4 m2 |
| Total Area Of General Cargo Storage Warehouses |
0.05 km2 |
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| PORT SAID EAST SPECIFICATIONS |
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| Total Area |
72.10 sq. km (72.100.000 m2) |
| Water Area |
1.5 sq. km (1.500.000 m2) |
| Land Area |
70.6 sq. km (70.600.000 m2) |
| Total Customs Zone |
33.5 sq. km (33.500.000 m2) |
| Total Yards Area |
0.6 sq. km (600.000 m2) |
| Maximum Port Length |
10 km (western port boundary) |
| Maximum Port Width |
8 km (southern boundary) |
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| Port Said the first syllable has its pronunciation from French) is a city that lies in north east Egyptextending about 30 kilometres (19 mi) along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Suez Canal, with an approximate population of 603,787 (2010). The city was established in 1859 during the building of the Suez Canal. |
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| Port Said has been ranked the first among the Egyptian cities according to the Human Development Index in 2009 and 2010, the economic base of the city is fishing and industries, like chemicals, processed food, and cigarettes. Port Said is also an important harbor for exports of Egyptian products like cotton and rice, but also a fueling station for ships that pass through the Suez Canal. It thrives on being a duty-free port, as well as a tourist resort especially during summer. It is home to the Lighthouse of Port Said (the first building in the world built from reinforced concrete). |
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| There are numerous old houses with grand balconies on all floors, giving the city a distinctive look. Port Said’s twin city is Port Fuad, which lies on the eastern bank of the canal. The two cities coexist, to the extent that there hardly is any town centre in Port Fuad. The cities are connected by free ferries running all through the day, and together they form a metropolitan area with over a million residents that extend both on the African and the Asian sides of the Suez Canal. |
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| Port Said acted as a global city since its establishment and flourished particularly during the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century when it was inhabited by various nationalities and religions most of them were from Mediterranean countries, they coexisted in tolerance forming a real cosmopolitan community. Referring to this fact Rudyard Kipling once said “If you truly wish to find someone you have known and who travels, there are two points on the globe you have but to sit and wait, sooner or later your man will come there: the docks of London and Port Said”. |
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