{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Damietta","identifier":"EG DAM","unlocode":"EG DAM","city":null,"country":"Egypt","waterBody":"Mediterranean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Large","harborType":"Coastal (Breakwater)","channelDepthMeters":14,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":31.483333,"longitude":31.75},"description":"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 '","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/damietta-port-eg-dam","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/damietta-port-eg-dam","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Damietta · (UN/LOCODE: EG DAM) · Egypt · Large · 14 m"}