Damietta port received 11 ships and saw 15 depart during a 24-hour period, with 28 vessels in total present at the facility, according to the port's media center. General cargo movement for export reached 35,215 tons, including 7,855 tons of sugar beet feed, 4,074 tons of packaged gypsum, 4,200 tons of urea, and 2,282 tons of packaged sugar.
Inbound general cargo totaled 49,842 tons, comprising 36,784 tons of corn, 9,796 tons of scrap metal, 1,052 tons of iron, and 2,210 tons of miscellaneous goods. The port also processed 2,720 twenty-foot equivalent units of outbound containers and 370 inbound containers, with 1,899 transit containers.
The public sector grain silo held 879 tons of wheat, while private sector warehouses contained 31,789 tons. One train departed carrying 1,111 tons of wheat bound for silos in Qalyubia, with 5,157 truck movements in and out of the port.
The vessel Gallipoli Seaways, operating a shipping line between Damietta and Trieste in Italy, departed after handling 3,629 tons of cargo including vegetables, fruits, aluminum cables, textiles, clothing, vehicle braids, LED switches, connectors, and passenger vehicles bound for Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, England, Slovenia, Slovakia, Algeria, Hungary, Morocco, France, and Austria.
