Port in Egypt
The
Suez Port
(also called Port Tawfiq) is an
Egyptian
port located at the northern tip of the
Gulf of Suez
on the
Red Sea
at southern entrance of the
Suez Canal
, serving the canal and the city of
Suez
. It is owned and operated by the Ministry of Transport's General Authority of Red Sea Ports,
[1]
and is home to the
Suez Canal Authority
(SCA) shipyards.
[2]
History
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Originally named
Port Tewfik
(or
Port Tawfiq
) after the then ruler
Khedive Tewfik
, the port was built in 1867 by the
Suez Canal Company
, and was part of its eponymous
company town
then at the outskirts of the town of Suez. It included a branch for the company and segregated housing for European management and Egyptian workers designed and built by French architects and contractors.
[3]
Port Tewfiq was the third port town to be built by the company along the canal after
Port Said
and
Ismailia
.
[4]
Geography
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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.
[5]
- Ataka Port
fishing port; borders are limited by the port breakwaters.
[6]
The waters outside the boundaries of Ibrahim Dock, Petroleum Dock, Ataka Port, Adabiya Port and New Petroleum berth are within the Suez Canal jurisdiction.
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See also
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External links
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References
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"?????? ?????? ?????? ????? ?????? || ?????? ??????"
.
rspa.gov.eg
. Retrieved
2023-01-02
.
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"SCA - Port-Tawfik Shipyard"
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www.suezcanal.gov.eg
. Retrieved
2023-01-02
.
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Piaton, Claudine (2021-03-02), Godoli, Ezio; Peycere, David (eds.),
"European construction companies in the towns along the Suez Canal"
,
Building Beyond The Mediterranean : Studying The Archives of European Businesses (1860?1970)
, Hors collection, Paris: Publications de l’Institut national d’histoire de l’art, pp. 92?103,
ISBN
979-10-97315-01-6
, retrieved
2023-01-02
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Carminati, Lucia (2020).
"Port Said and Ismailia as Desert Marvels: Delusion and Frustration on the Isthmus of Suez, 1859-1869"
.
Journal of Urban History
.
46
(3): 622?647.
doi
:
10.1177/0096144218821342
.
ISSN
0096-1442
.
S2CID
150024329
.
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"Petroleum Port"
.
Maritime Transport Services
. Retrieved
17 September
2018
.
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"Attaka Fishing Port"
.
Maritime Transport Services - Gov't of Egypt
. Retrieved
17 September
2018
.
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