| DAMIETTA PORT |
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| Damietta port has an strategic location as it is between two main & important ports Alexandria & Port Said. Several facilities are available to give importance to Damietta as it is nearby to Nile River & a line of rail transport. Considering these privileges we would like to explain the daily plan of our office in managing their tasks which are highly considering your business & shipments. |
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- A daily short meeting aim to coordinating tasks in progress & new requests from HAST HQ, the meeting conducts by the managing director gathering customs brokers, operations, sales men & delegates.
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- Each member of the staff starts his tasks customs brokers to the port in parallel for import & export business.
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| Import: while withdrawing the delivery order, paying any dues, they organize to release the cargo. |
| Export: organizing with the transport contractors, withdrawing the Export order & paying the freights to shipping lines all of that to manage arrival of the cargo in a manner time before the cut off day of the vessel. |
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- In the mean time staff of operation keeps updating the shippers & consignees about their business latest update.
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- A long the day the sales team in Alex keeps paying visits to the clients & shippers to gain the opportunities of new business & understanding their requirements, needs & demands.
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- All the other staff used to be dedicated to whom in outdoor (customs breakers, salesmen & delegates).
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- At the end of the day, a daily comprehensive report from Alex office to HAST HQ to keep updating the agents.
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| Distances from Cairo Air port up to … |
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| Cities |
Distances / Km |
| Cairo |
170 |
| 6th Oct |
220 |
| 10th of Ramadan |
140 |
| Alex |
210 |
| Port Said |
55 |
| Marsa Matrouh |
500 |
| Hurgada |
580 |
| Sharm EL Sheikh |
530 |
| Suez |
200 |
| Fayoum |
290 |
| Aswan |
950 |
| Siwa |
740 |
| Marsa Alam |
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| LOCATION |
| Damietta Port is situated 10.5 km. west of the Nile river of Damietta branch westward Ras El-Bar, and 70 km. away from Port Said Port. The port installations extend on an area of 11.8 sq. Km. The port is bordered by an imaginary line connecting the eastern and western external breakwaters. |
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| ALEX PORT SPECIFICATIONS |
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| Total Area |
11800000 m2 |
| Land Area |
8500000 m2 |
| Water Area |
3300000 m2 |
| Total Warehouses Area |
0.1 km2 (142510 m2) |
| Total Yards Area |
0.25 km2 (254231 m2) |
| Total Silos Area |
0.09 km2 (98304 m2) |
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| BRIEF OF THE PORT HISTORY |
| The Port of Damietta of the oldest ports in Egypt since the time of the pharaohs where they found the French campaign on the effects of Pharaonic Damietta (part of Narus) is made of granite and was transferred to the Louvre Museum. |
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| Thrive Damietta Port beginning of the reign of Muhammad Ali in terms of participation in the construction of the Egyptian fleet military and commercial, and the most important stomata Egyptian, and through the export and import of most foreign trade, and the most important exports are furniture, shoes and spinning fishing nets, salt and wicker, while imports Vaguetsrt on licorice ground, The largest export movement with Palestine, Syria and Cyprus. |
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| ENTRANCE CHANNEL |
| The Entrance Channel is 11.4km long, 15m deep, and 300m wide decreasingly reaching 250m at the breakwater fringe, the approach channel is bordered by 18 nightly-lit buoys. |
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| BREAKWATERS |
| The western breakwater is 1640m long with 140m land-based and 1500m sea-based area.The eastern breakwater is 738m long with 200m land-based and 538m sea-based area. Both breakwaters are made of stacked artificial acrobod piles topped with a concrete head. |
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| BARGE CHANNEL |
The barge channel consists of two sections; one is 1350m long connecting the barge dock to the sea and the other is 3750m connecting the dock to the Nile estuary.
Turning Dock The turning dock diameter is 500m with 14.5m depth at the container berth, and 12m depth at the general cargo berth. |
