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Port · Egypt
Suez is the southern gate of the Canal — the northbound convoy forms here, and Suez Bay is a designated waiting-and-services anchorage. Post the requirement and verified suppliers at this port answer with sealed bids while you wait.
29°58′N · 32°31′E · UN/LOCODE EGSUZ
Port guide
Reviewed 2026-08-20 · sources below — operational details change; verify before you sail on them
Suez is the southern terminus of the Suez Canal: the SCA’s northbound convoy system is anchored on Suez / Port Tewfik, and every northbound transit begins here.[1]
—The working cargo port of the complex is Al Adabiya, about 17 km from Suez City on the western shore of the Gulf of Suez: eight berths, 1,465 m of quay, drafts 9–14 m, dry-bulk ships to 60,000 tonnes.[4]
—Adabiya handles dry bulk, liquid bulk, general and project cargo, containers, chemicals, edible oils and livestock (throughput around 10 million tonnes a year as of the zone’s 2018/2019 figures).[4]
The northbound convoy departs at 04:00 as a direct transit; the limit to join is 23:00 the previous day. Late arrivals can still join until midnight against 5% extra tolls, or until 01:00 against 10%.[1]
—Waiting happens in Suez Bay: the West Waiting Area is designated by the SCA for vessels waiting for orders, bunkering, repairs, and entry to Adabiya and Suez Port (LPG/LNG carriers excepted — they anchor where the SCA assigns).
What a vessel arranges at As Suways (Suez)
Read off the live directory · distances are great-circle, not sailing routes
6 verified ship chandlers have activated ship supply at As Suways (Suez). 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 · 1 of 4 port lines covered
Nearest ports
Great-circle distance from As Suways (Suez) (EGSUZ) through the UN/LOCODE directory — straight-line, not a sailing route.
—Pilotage is compulsory for every vessel entering or leaving the Canal.[2]
—An agent — mandatory: the Rules of Navigation require every vessel transiting the Canal or staying at the Port of Suez or the Canal basins to have a shipping agent.[2]
—48-hour pre-arrival notice through the agent and to the SCA via the Port of Suez station (SUQ).[2]
—Bunkers at the waiting anchorage: a licensed activity — the SCA’s own anchorage designation anticipates bunkering while waiting, and licensed suppliers operate here (supplier statement; nominate through your agent).[2,5]
—Provisions, stores and fresh water during the wait: post a requirement and chandlers activated at Suez answer with sealed bids — suppliers never see the vessel’s name until award. Supplying here? Be the first supplier in.
Sources
No bunker or water supplier has activated As Suways (Suez) yet. The nearest port where a bunker or water supplier is activated is Port Said (EGPSD), 145 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 As Suways (Suez) in the order requirements arrive, and the first bunker or water supplier to activate the port takes its requests uncontested.
No waste operator has activated As Suways (Suez) yet. The nearest port where a waste operator is activated is Dumyat (Damietta) (EGDAM), 175 km away by great circle. A requirement posted here — MARPOL waste landing by category and volume, priced and documented against the call — still counts: it alerts the sourcing desk, which recruits for As Suways (Suez) in the order requirements arrive, and the first waste operator to activate the port takes its requests uncontested.
No port agent has activated As Suways (Suez) yet. The nearest port where a port agent is activated is Port Said (EGPSD), 145 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 As Suways (Suez) in the order requirements arrive, and the first port agent to activate the port takes its requests uncontested.
