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- Damietta Container and Cargo Handling Company SAE (EGX: DCCC) is an Egypt-based maritime logistics and terminal operations enterprise primarily engaged in providing container handling, stevedoring, and cargo storage services at the Port of Damietta. Founded in 1986 and commencing commercial operations in 1990, the company is headquartered in Damietta, Egypt, and operates as a key subsidiary of the Holding Company for Maritime and Land Transport under the Ministry of Transport of Egypt. The company serves global container shipping lines, regional feeder operators, freight forwarders, and commercial importers and exporters operating across the Mediterranean basin and the Suez Canal transit corridor. Damietta Container and Cargo Handling Company provides a broad portfolio of port and terminal solutions, which include: container terminal stevedoring services, encompassing vessel loading, discharging, transshipment handling, hatch cover movements, container shifting, and reefer container plug-in and temperature monitoring; general and specialized cargo handling, covering dry bulk, breakbulk, heavy-lift project cargo, and out-of-gauge shipment operations; container freight station and warehousing operations, featuring export stuffing, import destuffing, bonded storage, customs examination assistance, and cargo consolidation; multimodal connectivity and hinterland logistics, integrating dedicated road transport, national railway network links, and inland river barge transportation via the Nile River; and marine value-added auxiliary services, providing container inspection, maintenance and structural repairs, verified gross mass weighing, and automated electronic data interchange tracking services. In recent strategic developments, the company has executed major terminal modernization and infrastructure expansion programs to accommodate ultra-large container vessels. Key operational updates include the deepening and structural reinforcement of its container quays to achieve water depths of up to 17 meters; the acquisition and modernization of super post-Panamax ship-to-shore quay cranes and electrified rubber-tyred gantry yard cranes; the digital integration of the Portchain Connect platform and modern terminal operating software to optimize berth planning and real-time data exchange with global ocean carriers; and ongoing alignment with the Egyptian government’s maritime transport initiative to upgrade port handling capacity, expand container yard storage, and attract strategic operating partners to enhance regional transshipment competitiveness.