Suez:

PORT DESCRIPTION
Location: The port of Suez is situated at the southern end of the Suez Canal, approx 170km S of Port Said.

General overview: The bay is sheltered except from the S, providing a waiting anchorage area for vessels awaiting a pilot. The port consists of Port Ibrahim, providing berths for general cargo and passenger vessels; New Harbour, where facilities for tankers and livestock vessels are situated and Port Tewfik, used to accommodate passenger vessels in transit.

Traffic figures: Approx 2,400,000TEU and 900 vessels handled annually.
Load line zone: Tropical.

Max size: North Basin: LOA 137m, draught 7.9m.
Petroleum Basin: LOA 169m, draught 8.2m, 18,000DWT.
Port Tewfik Passenger vessels: No LOA or beam restrictions, draught 8.2m.
Offshore Terminal: LOA 250m, draught 10.3m, approx 65,000DWT (max load 45,000t).

Adabiya:

PORT DESCRIPTION
Location: The port of Adabiya is situated on the western shore of Suez Bay, approx 17km S of Port Suez.

General overview: The principal cargoes handled are grain and other foodstuffs, the port is also used by Naval vessels. Exports include urea, cement, rice and steel coils. Imports are sugar, wheat, palm oil, scrap and cattle.

Traffic figures: Approx 800,000t of cargo and 640 vessels handled annually.
Load line zone: Tropical.

Ain Sokhna:

PORT DESCRIPTION
Location: Sokhna port is located on the W side of the Gulf of Suez, approx 20nm SSW of Suez Canal.

General overview: The newly constructed port consists of basins with a total quay length of 14km. It has an area of 1,000ha, four port basins with 2 operational berths of quay length 750m each, 1 dedicated for container and agri-bulk and the other is for general cargo/bulk (cement, clinker, steel coils HRC, etc). The port also has a Ro-Ro terminal and all berths are equipped with fenders. The quays are designed to handle super post Panamax vessels (8,000TEU), Capesize bulk carriers and heavy lift project cargo, with water depths of 17.0m in the approach, at the port and in the turning basin, which is 450m in diameter.

Traffic figures: Traffic figures: Approx 5,000,000t of cargo, 450,000TEU and 500 vessels handled annually.

Load line zone: Tropical.
Max size: Cape sized vessels, draught 17.0m, 150,000DWT.

Hurghada:

PORT DESCRIPTION
Location: The port of Hurghada is situated on the Red Sea, approx 370km S of Suez.

General overview: The port services international tourism and yacht tourism in the Red Sea as well as serving cruise vessels and shipping lines transporting tourists and passengers from Saudi Arabia and Gulf countries to Sharm El Sheikh Port.

Traffic figures: Approx 600 vessels, 13,000 cars and 260,000 passengers handled annually.

Load line zone: Tropical.

Max size: Draught 5.5m.

Safaga:

PORT DESCRIPTION
Location: Safaga is situated on the western shore of the Red Sea, midway between Hamrawein and Hurghada.

General overview: A main deep water port in the N part of the Red Sea, sheltered by an island and reefs and is an important phosphate export terminal. Vessels usually enter the port in the early morning, when the reefs are easily visible.
The principal export is phosphate ore, imports are wheat, alumina and cement.

Traffic figures: Approx 742 vessels, 3,870,000t of cargo, and 876,120 passengers handled annually.

Load line zone: Tropical.

Max size: LOA 290m, draught 12.8m, 75,000DWT.

Nuweibah:

PORT DESCRIPTION
Location: Nuweibah is situated on the western shore of the Gulf of Aqaba.

General overview: The port is used by vessels of the Egyptian Navigation Company and the Jordanian National Shipping Line as a cross gulf passenger and car ferry port to Aqaba. Other vessels must obtain berthing permission from the Egyptian Authorities. Principal imports are apples, iron ore and exports vegetables, furniture, ceramics and iron. The port is capable of handling 1,900,000t of cargo and 1,000,000 passengers annually.

Load line zone: Tropical.

Max size: Max LOA 120m; draught 5.0m.

Al-Tour:

PORT DESCRIPTION
Location: Al-Tour is situated in S Sinai.

General overview: Al-Tour, considered as one of the oldest ports in Egypt, was established on the Red Sea as a quarantine port for passengers and those returning from pilgrimage.
It is also used by large fishing vessels and for petroleum company equipment.

Load line zone: Tropical.

Sharm El-Sheikh:

PORT DESCRIPTION
Location: Sharm El-Sheikh is situated near the southernmost tip of the Sinai Peninsula where the Straits of Tiran meet the Gulf of Aqaba.

General overview: The port is mainly used by tourists, with regular cruise vessels visiting it. The port's maximum capacity is 100,000 passengers.

Load line zone: Tropical.

Max size: Draught 5.8m.
Largest vessel handled: LOA 250m, draught 9.0m, 30,000DWT.
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