Breakwater project in Damietta Port completed as it turns into int’l logistics site

As Egypt develops all seaports along the two seas it overlooks, the Damietta project is a step to qualify the port to become one of the pivotal ports for transit trade on the Mediterranean.

The Ministry of Transport is also carrying out the western breakwater project in the port of Damietta at a total length of 5.4 kilometers.

Earlier, a contract was signed to manage and operate the Tahya Misr 1 terminal of the port of Damietta in partnership with a consortium of companies: Eurojet Germany, Contship Italy, Hapag Lloyd, Middle East Logistics Group, and Container Engineering Company. 

Another contract was signed to manage and operate container terminals in Sokhna Port and Terminal 100 of Dekheila Port in partnership with Hutchison Ports Co. and international shipping companies COSCO, MSC, and CMA.