Two STS cranes for Damietta

Supporting equipment includes three Gottwald and three Demag mobile harbour cranes, 10 Mitsubishi RTGs, eight reachstackers and 17 toplifters.

Capable of accommodating container vessels of 6,000+ teu, DCHC manages and operates four container berths in the port totalling 1,050 m in length (three berths of 250 m and one of 300 m) with alongside depths of up to 14.5 m, although a dredging project is planned to increase these to 17 m.

A new facility is being built to provide more capacity and to enable the port to receive the new generation of vessels coming into service over the next few years. A venture known as Damietta International Port Company (DIPCO), comprising KGL Ports International Group (a subsidiary of Kuwait and Gulf Link Holding Co), China Shipping (20%), CMA CGM and UASC, has been awarded a 40-year concession by the Damietta Port Authority (DPA) to develop a new container terminal.