Statistics
Conclusion
The performance of the commercial Egyptian Ports during 2000/2004
| Vessels Traffic (vessel) |
10028 |
9913 |
11623 |
11876 |
13565 |
+14.2% |
| Cargo traffic(in million tons) |
54.7 |
58.7 |
63 |
73.8 |
82.2 |
+11.4% |
| Containers traffic (in thousands TEUs) |
1784 |
1802 |
1913 |
2277 |
2900 |
+27.4%
|
| Passengers and tourists traffic(in thousands passengers) |
3069 |
2960 |
2681 |
2788 |
2811 |
+0.8% |
| Average dwell time (in days) |
4.6 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
3.9 |
3.5
|
-10.3%
|
*The main Egyptian commercial ports witnessed in 2004 a remarkable operational
upswing. They received 13565 vessels, handled 82.2 million tons of cargo, 2.9
million TEUs and received 2.8 million passengers with an increase up to 14.2%,
11.4%, 27.4% and 0.8% consecutively compared with 2003 apart from the
throughput of the specialized port:227 million tons. Thus the total throughput
of the Egyptian ports exceeded 310 million tons. The total number of vessels
calling at the Egyptian ports exceeded 15.000 vessels apart from the vessels
passing through Suez Canal (16850 vessels).
*The most flagrant remark is the significant decrease in the
vessels dwell time in ports that reached 10.3% in spite of the increase in the
number of vessels as well as the total handled cargoes and containers.
* Another remark is that this increase occurred while several
development projects were ongoing in Alexandria and Damietta ports and without
calculating East Port Said and Edco.
* Transshipment containers also increased with 27.3% compared
with the previous year which is a very important indicator especially when
comparing with the neighboring ports.