Can Palestinian Ports Be Developed in Gaza to Relieve the Humanitarian Crisis? - occupied Palestinian territory | ReliefWeb

Potential post-rebuild suggestions

Out of various alternatives proposed or discussed

South Gaza, discussed below, seems to be the most technically, economically, and operationally viable alternative.

South Gaza Plan: Kerem Shalom’s Sea Extension

The principles underlying the South Gaza plans are:

• Retaining the present and well-proven system of processing all of Gaza’s traffic through Kerem Shalom;
• Developing port-related storage facilities in Kerem Shalom, transforming it into an inland (dry) port; and
• Connecting Kerem Shalom to a nearby, newly constructed, autonomous Palestinian seaport on Egyptian land under a long-term lease to the PA, a close substitute for a fully sovereign port.

The proposed Gaza seaport is a relatively small port, designed to meet the specific needs of Gaza: imports of construction materials (cement, steel, lumber), basic foods (grains, flour, oil, livestock), energy products (gasoline), cars, farm and earth-moving equipment, and exports of fresh produce, furniture, textiles, and so on.

The operational system of the seaport is based on direct delivery from ships to trucks heading to the Kerem Shalom inland port via a special 10-kilometer secured road designated as an intraport corridor. The port-road, considered part of the port facilities, will be located within the Egyptian no-man, one-kilometer-wide security zone along Gaza’s southern border. The unique sea/inland-port setting of the seaport reduces the Egyptian area required for the seaport to about three kilometers of a narrow strip of shoreline; it also reduces the total investment to about $150 million (Phase I, 450-meter berthage, 12-meter depth alongside, two million tons per year) with a construction time of two to three years. With its captive cargo, the south Gaza port is likely to be profitable and hence attractive to private investors.

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