FOB El Dekheila — deep-water Mediterranean dry-bulk
FOB El Dekheila loading. UN/LOCODE EGEDK. 17 m draft — Egypt's deepest. Ideal for Capesize + Panamax bulk vessels: iron ore, cement, steel, aggregates.
UN/LOCODE: EGEDK · Region: Mediterranean (Alexandria adjacent) · Operator: Alexandria Port Authority + APMT (Dekheila container terminal)
El Dekheila is Egypt's deepest port (17 m alongside, deeper at the offshore approach) and is purpose-built for dry-bulk and large-container vessels. It's adjacent to Alexandria and shares the Mediterranean-coast hinterland.
Damietta and Alexandria-main top out at 14.5 m alongside — fine for Handysize / Handymax / Supramax, but sub-optimal when a buyer wants Panamax or Capesize tonnage to drive freight cost down. Dekheila's 17 m means we can load:
Same as Alexandria-main (the two ports are 7 km apart, voyage profile identical):
- Rotterdam — 7-9 days
- Lagos, Nigeria — 14-17 days
- Mumbai — 15-18 days
- Mombasa — 18-22 days
- Genoa, Italy — 3-5 days
Dekheila is the right choice when the buyer wants the lowest possible per-MT freight cost on a deep-water-vessel-friendly cargo (cement, iron ore, fertilizer rock, aggregates), and the destination is Mediterranean / European / West African / Indian markets.
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