El Dekheila is situated 7 km west of Alexandria and serve as an extension to that port. Dekheila port is a natural extent to Alexandria port due to the increasing of the containers movement in Alexandria port and the increasing growth of industrial development and free zones in Alexandria west delta. The site is near El Dekheila Iron and Steel complex , the free zone and the electricity generating project west Alexandria.

Commercial Port Access channel 1.2 Km. in length is a branch off the access channel to the industrial port. Depth of channel 14.0 m. Width 210 m.-150m. Commercial port will have over 1,500 m. of berthing space with 15.0m .of water alongside . Cargoes to be handled will include containers, general cargo, timber, chemicals and RoRo vessels. Available 300 m. of berthing space with depth 15.0 m. and max. draft 13.0 m.

The Egyptian Government also plans to upgrade the infrastructure at Alexandria port but would like to see greater private participation at the port. The Dekheila section of Alexandria Port, lying west of the old port, is seen as the great hope for future expansion. Dekheila has a substantial natural draft of up to 20m in places and handles over half the total of 600,000 teu that passes through Alexandria and also works a good amount of bulk grain and steel.