The shipping platform

Location: Alexandria is situated on the N coast of Egypt, approx 220km from Cairo. General overview: Alexandria is the principal port of Egypt. It is separated into two harbors by the coke quays and breakwater. The Inner Dock handling general cargo and the Outer Dock handling petroleum and bulk cargoes. The harbour is formed by two converging breakwaters, with the entrance channel being 400m in width. There is a free zone area within the port. The principal exports are agricultural products, cotton, onions, garlic, rice, groundnuts, citrons, fruit and cotton yarn. The chief imports are agricultural products, tea, grain, coal, coffee, timber, tobacco, industrial products, machinery and motor vehicles. Weather Wind Northwesterly ranging between 3-2 on Beaufort in summer and between 3-4-3 on Beaufort in winter The average water density is 1.30 g / cm3 Rain season: Winter (From October to February) The amount of tide is 0.46 above the average mean - First Zone: It is the area extending between berth 5 and berth 15, used for general cargo handling. - Second Zone: It is situated between berths 16 and 28, and deals with 4 types of activities: unified cargoes including roro, passengers' terminal, stuffed bulk cargoes, and barge discharge. - Third Zone: It is located between berths 35 and 47, and it's used for handling general cargo and barge discharge. - Fourth Zone: It is located between berths 50 and 68, and it's used for handling containers, cement, coal, barge discharge, fertilizers, and general cargo. - Fifth Zone: It is situated between zone 71(a) and 85, and it's used for handling: molasses, timber, some types of general cargoes, barge discharge, grains and flour. - Sixth Zone: Oil Dock is situated at the western boundaries of the port, encompasses oil berths 87 / 1,2,3,4,5, and it's used for handling edible oil, oil products and for providing bunkers. It also includes berth 86 situated at the port’s limits, used for handling livestock. The port do not include oil storage facilities, but oil berths are connected to a refinery through a 2 km long pipeline. Grain and Bulk Handling: There are nine terminals handling grain and flour. (60m to 210m length // 6m to 11m draft). MPP Handling: 27 terminals handling conventional cargo. (70m to 360m length // 5m to 11m draft). Traffic figures: Approx. 5,700 vessels, 56,648,662 t of cargo including general cargo, dry bulk and liquid bulk, 1,612,740TEU, 261,700 passengers handled annually. Load line zone: Summer. Max size: LOA 213m, beam 36.5m, draught 12.8m (Grain Basin), 150,000DWT. Transit with IMO on board: -Transit and shifting of IMO containers (only onboard) are ALLOWED