Egypt: Wheat, corn, and sugar are the most important things that Damietta port received during the past week

Published Feb 21, 2021

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Damietta Port was highly active, handling a total of 175 ships in the past week, both receiving and sending off dozens of containers and general cargo ships. The port received various goods such as iron, beech wood, soda, corn, wheat, scrap, edible oil, sugar, and soybean meal, while it exported phosphate, urea, sand, salt, cement, and clinker. The export movement of containers totaled 4,575 TEUs, with 2817 TEUs received and 14,112 TEUs in transit. The article also highlighted that the port continues to operate efficiently even during adverse weather conditions.

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The media center of Damietta Port Authority said that the port witnessed during the past week a great activity in the movement of ships (containers and general cargo), and received and left dozens of ships loaded with various goods, pointing out that the port dealt with 175 ships during the aforementioned period. The media center added that the port received 2746 tons of iron, 6619 tons of beech wood, and 3621 tons of soda. The port also received 74,212 tons of corn, 92980 tons of wheat, 52,946 tons of scrap, 6,200 tons of edible oil, 28,242 tons of sugar, and 12,000 tons of soybean meal. Read also Port of Alexandria offers 116 thousand meters to store containers and goods in the commercial land for timber and in a related context, the media center explained The port exported tens of thousands of tons of various commodities such as 72,573 tons of phosphate and 27,187 tons of urea. The port also exported 21,684 tons of sand, 8,600 tons of salt, 150 tons of cement, and 24,998 tons ...

Source: Almalnews