The Suez Port (also called Port Tawfiq) is an Egyptian port located at the northern tip of the Gulf of Suez on the Red Sea at southern entrance of the Suez Canal, serving the canal and the city of Suez. It is owned and operated by the Ministry of Transport's General Authority of Red Sea Ports,[1] and is home to the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) shipyards.[2]
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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″N 32°33′0″E / 29.95000°N 32.55000°E / 29.95000; 32.55000 (Suez Port) |
Originally named Port Tewfik (orPort Tawfiq) after the then ruler Khedive Tewfik, the port was built in 1867 by the Suez Canal Company, and was part of its eponymous company 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 after Port Said and Ismailia.[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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