The Alexandria port gates continue to open, as well as navigation and goods handling, despite the bad weather

The General Authority of Alexandria Port announced the continuation of the opening of the gas ports and the regularity of navigation and circulation movements in the ports of Alexandria and Dekheila in light of the weather fluctuations witnessed in Alexandria Governorate resulting from the nucleus of the rest of the broom, as the weather conditions, including the speed of the winds and the height of the waves, did not reach the point that would negatively affect the navigation movement.

In the same context, Rear Admiral Ahmed Hawash, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority of Alexandria Port, issued a number of operational instructions aimed at preserving individuals and property in light of weather fluctuations. The most important of these instructions are: “Raise the state of maximum readiness 24 hours a day to confront any emergency events and inform… Concerned authorities, if necessary, follow up the weather situation periodically through weather forecasts and continuous observations, implementing hourly weather observations, and broadcasting weather observations on all ships. In the waiting and parking areas inside the port, alerting the ships to the internal hook and the external waiting area to ensure that the ship’s hook is fixed well and in a safe manner, with appropriate and safe distances between the ships, and to provide aid and assistance in case of need, notifying the ships of covering all the ships’ holds to preserve the goods from damage, raising Maximum level of readiness for rescue and diving crews.

Raising the state of maximum readiness for tugs, marine units, fire engines, and fire-fighting equipment, identifying damage, passing through rain drainage networks on roads and roofs of buildings in the port, ensuring their suitability, and preparing quick batches of technicians to quickly move them to the affected area inside the port if this happens.

Passing through the buildings and docks and immediately reporting any emergency event to the concerned port departments, ensuring that the warehouse outlets are tightly closed to ensure that the goods inside are not exposed to flying or damage, securing power stations, preparing emergency crews, and continuous monitoring of all port facilities and water bodies.

Preparing the hydraulic electric escalator car and putting it in a state of continuous readiness, and passing the occupational safety and health groups over the loading and unloading companies to ensure the suitability of the cranes and equipment, as well as passing through the firefighting and fire-fighting equipment and the warehouse companies’ yards to follow up on the implementation of safety requirements, preparing and preparing ambulances and medical equipment, and implementing all the procedures included in the plans. Security approved and compliant with instructions.