Damietta Port
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Egypt's Damietta Port is situated 8.5 km west of the Nile river of Damietta branch westward Ras El-Bar, and it is 70 km. distanced from Port Said. 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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[edit] Geography
[edit] Entrance Channel
The Entrance Channel is 11.4 km long, 15 m deep, and 300 m wide decreasingly reaching 250 m. at the breakwater fringe, the approach channel is bordered by 18 nightly-lit buoys.
[edit] Breakwaters
The western breakwater is 1640 m. long with 140 m. land-based and 1500 m. sea-based area.
The eastern breakwater is 738 m. long with 200 m. land-based and 538 sea-based area.
Both breakwaters are made of stacked artificial acrobod piles topped with a concrete head.
[edit] Barge Channel
The barge channel consists of two sections; one is 1350 m. long connecting the barge dock to the sea and the other is 3750 m. connecting the dock to the Nile estuary.
Turning Dock The turning dock diameter is 500 m. with 14.5 m. depth at the container berth, and 12 m. depth at the general cargo berth.
