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Damietta CT2 is handling ships; its 3.3m TEU rating still sits ahead of the operating record
Damietta Alliance Container Terminals started commercial operations on 14 February 2026. The opening configuration has 1,670 metres of quay at 18 metres depth, 12 ship-to-shore cranes, 40 yard cranes and two operational rail lanes. The 3.3 million TEU figure remains the terminal's capacity after the final construction phase, not measured throughput.
What changed
Damietta Alliance and Hapag-Lloyd confirm the 14 February commercial opening, first call, terminal dimensions and launch equipment. AIIB and the project non-technical summary define Damietta Port Authority's associated quay, excavation and dredging works. The lender group records the separate USD 455 million financing for the concession company's superstructure. Hapag-Lloyd describes full operations and final 3.3 million TEU capacity as later outcomes in 2026.
Why it matters
Damietta CT2 was delivered across a clean but easily missed boundary. The port authority carried the quay walls, excavation and access-channel and basin dredging. The concession company financed the pavement, power, buildings, rail and handling equipment. The first commercial call proves those packages worked together at initial service level; it does not erase their separate owners, acceptance records or maintenance obligations.
Decision read
Commercial opening is confirmed; full output is not
The opening establishes usable marine access and an initial terminal operating chain. Repeat calls, berth productivity, the remaining rail lanes, final crane deployment, accepted post-opening depths and maintenance demand will show how far the ramp-up has progressed. The 3.3 million TEU figure remains design capacity unless the terminal reports sustained output at that level.
Next watchpoints
- Repeat scheduled calls after the February launch
- Formal full-operations announcement in 2026
- Final ship-to-shore and yard-crane deployment
- Commissioning of the remaining rail lanes
- Published throughput and berth-productivity data
- Post-opening hydrographic acceptance and navigation notices
- First maintenance-dredging scope and material route
- Warranty and handover close-out across the quay-to-terminal boundary
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Sources used 7
- DACT announces the start of commercial operations Damietta Alliance Container Terminals, 14 February 2026
- New Damietta Alliance Container Terminals launches commercial operations Hapag-Lloyd, 13 February 2026
- Egypt: Damietta Port - Container Terminal II Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Updated November 2025; reviewed 20 July 2026
- Damietta Port Modernisation Project non-technical summary Damietta Alliance Container Terminals and international lenders, October 2023
- Damietta Container Terminal II Loan European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Approved 1 November 2023; current status reviewed 20 July 2026
- Damietta Port II investment disclosure International Finance Corporation, Updated 10 August 2024
- International consortium backs Damietta port with USD 455 million financing Proparco, 21 December 2023
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