Damietta port receives 5,700 tons of iron and exports 4,200 tons of phosphate.

Outbound traffic reached 265 TEU. Damietta port received during the past 24 hours 5 general cargo ships, including an iron shipment weighing 5689 tons, while two container ships left and 5 general cargo ships, including a phosphate shipment weighing 4200 tons. The media center of Damietta Port Authority issued a statement saying that the total number of ships in the port reached 15 ships. The center added that the movement of incoming public goods included thousands of tons of goods, as the port received 5689 tons of iron, 2000 tons of scrap and 5393 tons of corn. The port also received 2461 tons of beech wood, 1405 tons of plywood and 4,552 tons of rice.