# Damietta (EG DAM)

**UN/LOCODE:** EG DAM  
**Country:** Egypt  
**Water Body:** Mediterranean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Large  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Breakwater)  
**GPS:** 31.4833, 31.7500

Damietta is being rebuilt into a first-rank transshipment hub for the eastern Mediterranean, and the arrival of a major European terminal consortium underlines the ambition. Set on the Mediterranean shore of the Nile Delta, the port's core business is relaying containers between deep-sea services and regional feeders bound for the Levant and the Black Sea. In February 2026 the new Damietta Alliance Container Terminals (DACT) began commercial operations, its first call handled by the 13,117-TEU 'Essen Express'. The facility covers about 93 hectares with 1,670 metres of quay at 18 metres' depth, served by twelve all-electric ship-to-shore cranes and 40 hybrid rubber-tyred gantries. Planned ultimate capacity is 3.3 million TEU, with roughly 80 percent transshipment and 20 percent Egyptian import and export for Damietta and Greater Cairo. Beyond boxes the port handles grain and sits alongside an LNG terminal that ties it into the energy trades. Road and rail link the terminals to the Cairo hinterland. Forwarders seeking alternatives in the same range can weigh Port Said and Alexandria, or Piraeus for pure transshipment.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [Cairo → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/cairo-shanghai)
- [Cairo → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/cairo-shenzhen)
- [Cairo → Guangzhou](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/cairo-guangzhou)
- [Cairo → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/cairo-hong-kong)
- [Cairo → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/cairo-tokyo)
- [Cairo → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/cairo-busan)

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