In completion of Damietta Port's plan to maintain the16 meter depths of the navigational channel and the turning basin and to ensure suitability for the safe arrival and departure of big draft ships, Rear Admiral Walid Awad, DPA Chairman, has received "Obour Port Said" the dredger introduced to start staged dredging the navigational passage to remove dredged materials and keep depth at required levels. Awad also followed during his cruise the ongoing projects and loading / unloading operations at the port's various berths.  More....

To proceed with its role in furnishing the global and domestic readership with updated maritime-related news and trends, Damietta Port Authority is happy to release this new edition of logistics roundup. The publication presents a lot of important logistic developments worldwide and key global market reactions to Covid-19. Click here to view the new publication More....

In line with the Egyptian maritime transport strategy to raise the international classification of national sea ports as environment friendly green ports, DPA Chairman, Rear Admiral. Walid Awad announced that Damietta has successfully used environmentally friendly electric powered cranes for handling operations.   The newly introduced system aims to curb harmful effects of using traditionally fueled systems and promote environment friendly techniques to minimize harmful emissions. Mobile electricity units supply the cranes with required electric power.   DPA chairman pointed out this is an important step towards transforming Damietta into a global standard green port. All port community members and enterprises are regularly communicated to keep adherence to environment requirements.   The technique of electro-powered cranes comes on the footsteps… More....

Rear Admiral. Walid Awad, DPA Chairman, participated in the community consultation session organized by the Suez Methanol Derivatives Company (SMDC) to present results of the environmental and social impact assessment study of the methanol derivatives project planned to be established in Damietta Port. The debate was attended by the Secretary General of the Governor of Damietta, Chairman of the Egyptian Petrochemical Holding Company, Chairman of the Board of Directors SMDC, and Damietta's representatives at the Parliament and the Senate. In his speech, Awad explained the importance of this community dialogue to enlighten the civil society in Damietta Governorate on the project as a significant addition to the national economy within the petrochemical manufacturing system. DPA chairman stressed that the authority… More....

Due to its efforts to implement digital services and develop automated systems to facilitate customer requirements, Damietta Port Authority has won the award of (Best commercial Port in Digital Transformation and Application of the Just In Time System) on the occasion of the World Maritime Day 2020. The occasion was held under the theme (sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet) in Alexandria under the patronage and attendance of the Minister of Transport Engineer / Kamel Al-Wazir, Governor of Alexandria, Dr. Hisham Arafat, former Minister of Transport, Head of the Maritime Transport Sector and President of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, port heads, a group of maritime transport experts and the diplomatic corps. Admiral , Walid Awad,… More....

Technology's role in the shipping industry is considerably expanding. To keep in touch with evolving technologies and novel ideas is a challenge the global maritime industry is facing every day. Based on the belief that Technology means money, DPA decided to bring to the global readership this new publication so that those interested in the shipping industry can find an easy-to-reach and informative reference on technology updates. Click Here to view The New publication More....

Due to its position as a preferred destination for giant container ships of the world's major shipping lines, DPA received the container ship (MILANO BRIDGE) hoisting a Panamanian flag and belongs to the shipping line (ONE) coming from the Saudi port of Jeddah .Milano Bridge's total length is 366 m, width 51.20 m ,a depth of 14.20 m, overall tonnage is about 150706 tons and maximum tonnage is about 14 thousand TEUs. The port also received the container ship (NEW YORK EXPRESS which hoists  the German flag and belongs to the German (Hapag-Lloyd) line coming from the Italian port of Genoa. The vessel is 366 m long, and 48 m wide and has the draft of 13.75 m. Its total tonnage… More....

As part of the global maritime community, DPA is committed to feed domestic, regional as well as international maritime community members with latest developments in port and shipping industry. The New publication features a set of comprehensive and cohesive news and articles carefully tuned to address versatile port-users and service providers everywhere. Click Here to view The New publication More....

In culmination of the negotiations that took place between Kamel Al Wazir, Minister of Transport and the leaders of the South Korean liner shipping company HMM – formerly known as Hyundai Merchant Marine, on the sidelines of the fringes of the International Maritime Organization elections in London marking the entry of HMM ships to Egyptian ports for the first time. Rear Admiral /Walid Awad, Chairman of the Damietta Port Authority, stated that the port received HMM's HYUNDAI NEW YORK Containership on its first voyage to the Egyptian ports coming from the Italian port of Genoa. The vessel is 293 meters in length, 40 meters in width and with a draft of 12.5 meters. Its total tonnage is about 71 786… More....

Damietta Port Authority, (DPA) has established the tradition of keeping all Port community members abreast of everything new in the shipping industry arena.  We strongly believe that well-informed industry insiders together with informed maritime partners mean much to the welfare of the Port community members in general.  That's why We are introducing to our readership this New Report which deals with Ports of Egypt's Performance when Covid-19 has knocked the doors.  This Semi-Annual Report handles the situation from several perspectives : 1) How Ports of Egypt faced the virus. 2) How experts view the situation and its impact on Egyptian ports. 3) How domestic and global institutions grade economic Performance in Egypt today. 4) Some statistics showing Egyptian Ports Performance… More....