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Port · Egypt
Alexandria is Egypt’s main gateway — most of the country’s seaborne trade moves through it and El Dekheila. Post the requirement here and verified suppliers at this port answer with sealed bids.
31°11′N · 29°55′E · UN/LOCODE EGALY
Port guide
Reviewed 2026-08-20 · sources below — operational details change; verify before you sail on them
Alexandria is Egypt’s principal Mediterranean port, at the western verge of the Nile Delta between the sea and Lake Mariout. The port authority itself puts its share of Egypt’s foreign trade between roughly 60% and 70% (its own pages state both figures).[1,2]
—El Dekheila, about 7 km west by sea, is the port’s natural extension — operational since 1980, administered by the same authority.[1]
—75 berths across the two harbours (excluding maritime-services berths): general cargo, ro-ro, passengers, containers (including Hutchison’s AICT terminals at both harbours alongside the state container company), grain with silo berths, livestock, coal and petroleum.[1,5]
—Scale, as of July 2026: over 82 million tonnes of cargo, 2.6 million TEU and 7,026 vessel calls in FY2025/26 per the Transport Minister — dry bulk 36.5m t, containerised 28.3m t, liquid bulk 10.3m t.[6]
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What a vessel arranges at El Iskandariya (Alexandria)
Read off the live directory · distances are great-circle, not sailing routes
5 verified ship chandlers have activated ship supply at El Iskandariya (Alexandria). Post the requirement — provisions, bonded stores and deck, engine and cabin stores, each line an IMPA-coded catalogue item or a specified manual item with its unit — with the vessel's ETA and payment terms, and each of them prices it sealed. You compare the bids line by line; they never see the vessel's name until you award.
Supplier coverage at this port
6 verified suppliers activated · 2 of 4 port lines covered
Nearest ports
Great-circle distance from El Iskandariya (Alexandria) (EGALY) through the UN/LOCODE directory — straight-line, not a sailing route.
—The approach lies about 3 nm off the entrance; the main channel (Great Bugaz) is 2,000 m long, 220 m wide and 19.6 m deep. Vessels wait at the outer anchorage before pilot boarding.[3]
—The port works day and night year-round; the guidance tower keeps VHF Ch 16 for calls, Ch 67 for incoming-ship data, and Ch 14/13/11 for pilots and towage.[1]
—An agent: shipping agency is a licensed activity in Egypt and the vessel’s agent is legally the owner’s representative before Egyptian authorities — appoint one before arrival.[8]
—Bunkers: the port authority supplies fuels and mineral oils and licenses ship bunkering as a regulated activity; licensed commercial suppliers also operate at Alexandria (verified via the SCZONE announcement of the 2023 Egyptian-ports launch).[1,7]
—Waste: oily liquid waste goes to licensed private reception companies, solid waste to licensed contractors’ barges, and a port-owned unit receives ballast water — MARPOL landings are a normal, regulated call activity here.[1]
—Provisions, stores and fresh water: post a requirement and chandlers activated at Alexandria answer with sealed bids — the vessel’s name stays hidden until award. Suppliers: activate Alexandria and take its requests.
Sources
No bunker or water supplier has activated El Iskandariya (Alexandria) yet. The nearest port where a bunker or water supplier is activated is Port Said (EGPSD), 227 km away by great circle. A requirement posted here — bunkers by grade and fresh water, in tonnes or cubic metres, normalised so the offers compare — still counts: it alerts the sourcing desk, which recruits for El Iskandariya (Alexandria) in the order requirements arrive, and the first bunker or water supplier to activate the port takes its requests uncontested.
1 verified waste operator has activated garbage removal at El Iskandariya (Alexandria). Post the requirement — MARPOL waste landing by category and volume, priced and documented against the call — with the vessel's ETA and payment terms, and it prices it sealed. You compare the bid line by line; the supplier never sees the vessel's name until you award.
No port agent has activated El Iskandariya (Alexandria) yet. The nearest port where a port agent is activated is Port Said (EGPSD), 227 km away by great circle. A requirement posted here — the agency scope for the call — clearance, husbandry, crew transport, cash to master — quoted on the same defined job — still counts: it alerts the sourcing desk, which recruits for El Iskandariya (Alexandria) in the order requirements arrive, and the first port agent to activate the port takes its requests uncontested.
