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 El Salam Carducci 82 ship docked at Suez port, March 2006 | |
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| Country | Egypt |
| Location | Suez Canal |
| Coordinates | 29°57′0″N32°33′0″E / 29.95000°N 32.55000°E /29.95000; 32.55000 (Suez Port) |
TheSuez Port (also called Port Tawfiq) is anEgyptian port located at the northern tip of theGulf of Suez on theRed Sea at southern entrance of theSuez Canal, serving the canal and the city ofSuez. It is owned and operated by the Ministry of Transport's General Authority of Red Sea Ports,[1] and is home to theSuez Canal Authority (SCA) shipyards.[2]
Originally namedPort Tewfik (orPort Tawfiq) after the then rulerKhedive Tewfik, the port was built in 1867 by theSuez Canal Company, and was part of its eponymouscompany town then at the outskirts of the town of Suez. It included a branch for the company and segregated housing for European management and Egyptian workers designed and built by French architects and contractors.[3] Port Tewfiq was the third port town to be built by the company along the canal afterPort Said andIsmailia.[4]
Enclosed in breakwaters is the artificial El Mira-El Gedda bay.
The waters outside the boundaries of Ibrahim Dock, Petroleum Dock, Ataka Port, Adabiya Port and New Petroleum berth are within the Suez Canal jurisdiction.[citation needed]
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