Port Said
(Map of Port Said)

Lat. 31° 15' N; Long. 32° 18' E.
Situated at the Northern head of the Suez canal. Mediterranean sea port.

Admiralty charts: 234

Admiralty pilot: 49

Approach: Fifteen n\miles before arrival at the approach (fairway) buoy all vessels should contact the harbour office by VHF ch. 16 in position Lat. 31 21 32 N; Long. 32 20 81 E

Anchorage: Two anchorage areas:

  1. Northern area: For vessels with draught over 42 ft and VLCC's, 4th generation containerships, 3rd generation container ships and vessels over 39 ft d up to 42 ft. Berths in Northern zone called (V)
  2. Southern area: For all other vessels, berths in Southern area called (c).
    N.B.: The area between the East limit of two anchorage areas and the approach channels is prohibited for anchorage to all vessels and floating units.
  3. Anchorage area for tran-shipment operations.
    a) Vessels up to 60 ft d in position - Lat. 31 25 N; Long 32 27 E.
    b) Vessels over 60 ft d - Lat. 31 27 N, Long 32 28 E.

Pilotage: Compulsory for all vessels arriving, sailing, moving, changing berth or shifting in harbour.

Radio frequency information: Port management office listening on VHF ch. 16 (156.200 mhz), ch. 12 (156.600 mhz) and ch. 13 (156.650 mhz).

Weather conditions: The weather most of the year is normally N Westerly.
The height of tide is 0,50 m at spring tide.
The tidal current 1.0 knot at windy weather.
Peak currents about 50 min after predicted HW and LW.
In summer and winter about 0,20 m and 0,30 m.

Accommodation: This is an artificial harbour, well sheltered by breakwaters. Depth at entrance 12.50 m max. Authorised draft in harbour 10.67 m; in entrance channel and canal 11.28 m. Quays at harbour as follows:

BERTH NO.

LENGTH (M)

DEPTH (M)

1B
2B
3B
5B
6B
7B
2E
3E
4E
1A
2A
3A
4A
5A
6A
7A
8A
YACHT
1I
2I
3I
0R
1R
2R
3R
4R
6R
BH
CONT.TER.
BA
B.SH.
M/PURPOSE

142
102
202
172
217
217
232
202
172
197
242
197
324
324
324
324
324
300
232
202
266
92
137
241
190
246
232
145
350
570
510
250

11.58
10.36
11.88
11.58
11.88
12.80
11.88
11.88
11.88
12.49
11.88
12.80
12.80
12.80
11.88
11.88
11.88
5
10.50
11.00
11.00
11.00
10.00
9.00
10.00
9.00
11.27
8.23
11.90
11.90
11.60
12.80

Quays at Abbas (BA) and Sheriff (B.Sh) Basins mx. Permissible draft 8.23 m, vessels drawing more than 8.23 m have to discharge cargo into lighters. The quay with a water depth of 5 m, used for lighters and other shallow draught vessels. There is a free zone area in the port covering an area of 918, 698 mē.

Cranes: Floating cranes with 500 tons lifting capacity on the main hook. 8 mobile cranes cap.
2 x 20 t, 2 x 12.5 t, 2 x 12 t, 1 x 24 t, 1 x 21 t with max. reach of 20 m.

Container and Ro/Ro facilities: The area between bollards 23 and 24 of the deep water Abbas Quay serve as a container and Ro/Ro berth, depth alongside 8.23 m, container terminal situated in the Abbas Basin, operated by Port Said Container Handling Co. Equipment includes two heavy duty container gantry cranes of 41 t cap. A further 250 m of quay is available adjacent to the container terminal, which is a multipurpose berth operated under the control of the port authority. Also a 65 m quay that caters for Ro/Ro ships.

Bulk cargo facilities: Floating grain discharge plant for vessels up to 11.6 m d. cap. 5000 t/day. Grain silo of 80,000 t cap. Cement silo of 1000,00 t. cap.

Provisions: ISSA members available.

Fresh Water: Available by barges and alongside.

Bunkers: Available by diff. Petroleum companies.

Shiprepairs: Port Said shipyard (P.S.S.) has acquired long-standing experience in the repair and building of different floating vessels such as all types of ships, dredgers, tugboats etc. Docking ships for repair up to 50,000 dwt and executing repairs afloat along repair quays, at anchorage areas and also on way through canal. Building of different types of vessels (ship - special purposes vessels, dredgers, tugs, etc.) up to 20,000 dwt. P.S.S. is executing salvage by equipped and highly qualified divers as well as inspection and under water welding operations.

Floating docks:

MAIN SPECIFICATIONS

DOCK 1

DOCK 2

DOCK 3
Carrying capacity
Length over pontoon
Clear width
Dock cranes

5000 t
106 m
21.8 m
1 x 5 t
1 x 6 t

10000 t
170 m
28 m
2 x 10 t

25000 t
210 m
35 m
1 x 7.5 m
1 x 12 t

Building berth: Length 150 m, breadth 43 m, slope 1=165. Arranged for building 2 vessels 12000 dwt each or one vessel 20000 dwt, equipped with 4 cranes (2 x 60 t and 2 x 40 t lifting cap.)

Floating cranes:

MAIN SPECIFICATIONS

KHALIFA

BAHGAT
BADAWI

EMLAK

ENRAZ
Max. lifting capacity
Max. lifting height
Outreach:
  • Main hook
  • Aux. Hook

40 t
38 m

15,5 m
30 m

100 t
40 m

10 m
30 m

200 t
35 m

8.8 m
28.8 m

500 t
60 m

15 m
40 m

Different workshops for carrying out the works required for the shipyard activities. A total of 2000 m long repair quays and a repair area of 8500 mē.

Towage: Multi-type tugs available for towing and berthing of vessels.

Airports: El Gamil, 57 km from Port Said. International airport at Cairo, approx. 200 km.

Medical assistance & pharmacies: By specialist doctors on board, also the shipping federation doctors are available. The doctor may be called during the day by hoisting the "W" flag. Very good hospitals are available too.
All medical prescriptions are executed at any time and delivered on board during vessel's stay in port.