Suez Port

Suez Port
El Salam Carducci 82 ship docked at Suez port, March 2006
Location
Country	Egypt
Location	Suez Canal
Coordinates	29°57′0″N 32°33′0″E

The Suez Port is an Egyptian port located at the southern boundary of the Suez Canal. It is bordered by the imaginary line extending from Ras-El-Adabieh to Moussa sources including the North Coast until the entrance of Suez Canal. Originally Port Tewfik (or Port Taufiq) was named as the entrance of the canal. Port Suez covers a larger area with multiple harbours.

History

See also: Suez

Geography

Photograph of the port and city which are the southern terminus of the Suez Canal that transits through Egypt and debouches into the Mediterranean Sea near Port Said

Enclosed in breakwaters is the artificial El Mira-El Gedda bay.

• Port Tewfik: to the West of the Suez Canal entrance. It uses the enclosed Ibrahim Dock.
• Petroleum Dock located on the east side of Suez port.
• Ataka Port fishing port; borders are limited by the port breakwaters.

The waters outside the boundaries of Ibrahim Dock, Petroleum Dock, Ataka Port, Adabiya Port and New Petroleum berth are within the Suez Canal jurisdiction.

See also

• Transportation in Egypt
• Port Tewfik Memorial

External links

• The Suez port