GTSTC Port Code Lookup
Total 1 ports of GTSTC
Santo Tomas De Castilla Port is the seaport of Puerto santo tomas de castilla, in the city of Puerto santo tomas de castillain Egypt. Overseas routes include Middle East, Port code is GTSTC.
Port Overview
The supplied record identifies UN/LOCODE GTSTC as SANTO TOMAS DE CASTILLA, with the city field shown as PUERTO SANTO TOMAS DE CASTILLA, country listed as Egypt, and latitude recorded as 15.7000000. The name and code combination requires a master-data check before any booking or document release because port identity, country, customs territory, and routing instructions must match exactly. Our service team will treat the supplied country and location fields as provisional until the shipper, consignee, carrier, and destination agent confirm the intended gateway. This is particularly important for bills of lading, import permits, customs declarations, cargo insurance, and inland delivery planning.
| UN/LOCODE | GTSTC |
|---|---|
| Port name | SANTO TOMAS DE CASTILLA |
| Country in supplied record | Egypt |
| City field | PUERTO SANTO TOMAS DE CASTILLA |
| Latitude in supplied record | 15.7000000; longitude not supplied |
| Platform record indicators | FCL: 3; LCL: 0; AUT: 0. These are platform fields, not port-capacity statistics. |
Key Highlights
- Identity verification is the first control point: the country, code, city, and carrier routing must be reconciled before shipment execution.
- Destination customs territory must be confirmed: import documents and regulatory requirements cannot be finalized from the supplied record alone.
- Container planning should remain conditional: equipment availability, terminal acceptance, cut-off times, and port-call status require carrier confirmation.
- Inland delivery depends on the verified gateway: trucking distance, road permits, border controls, and delivery appointments must not be estimated against an unverified location.
Facilities & Services
Facility selection should be made only after the intended port identity is confirmed. Our service team can request the following operational details from the nominated carrier, terminal, or destination agent:
- Container handling: terminal acceptance, laden and empty equipment availability, reefer plug arrangements, verified gross mass procedures, and receiving cut-offs.
- General and project cargo: whether breakbulk, oversized, heavy-lift, or out-of-gauge cargo is accepted and what pre-approval documents are required.
- Storage and inspection: free-time terms, bonded or customs-controlled storage, inspection locations, and procedures for damaged or sealed units.
- Gate and inland services: truck appointment rules, driver and vehicle requirements, road restrictions, delivery windows, and empty-container return instructions.
- Special cargo: dangerous-goods acceptance, temperature-controlled handling, segregation requirements, and terminal-specific declaration forms.
Routes & Transit Times
- Potential routing, transshipment points, vessel schedules, and carrier acceptance must be checked against the corrected UN/LOCODE and confirmed country before a freight offer is issued.
- Transit time may be affected by transshipment planning, port congestion, customs examination, documentation holds, equipment imbalance, weather, and inland appointment availability.
- Our service team will provide a routing-based estimate only after receiving the verified origin, destination, cargo description, container type, requested shipment period, and final delivery location.
- No direct service, sailing frequency, transit commitment, or terminal handover window should be assumed from the supplied record.
Hinterland & Key Cargo
The applicable hinterland and cargo profile cannot be assigned reliably until the port-country mismatch is resolved. A wrong gateway designation can move the shipment into the wrong customs jurisdiction and produce incorrect inland quotations, import-license requirements, and delivery planning.
- Confirm the consignee’s legal import location, customs office, final delivery address, and whether the movement is port-to-port, port-to-door, or bonded transit.
- For containerized cargo, provide commodity, HS code, weight, dimensions, equipment type, and whether the cargo is reefer, hazardous, oversized, or high-value.
- For machinery, vehicles, chemicals, food, pharmaceuticals, or controlled goods, obtain destination-specific permits and inspection requirements before loading.
- Our service team will match the verified gateway with suitable trucking, warehousing, customs-broker, and cargo-insurance arrangements.
Operations & Compliance
- Booking and cut-offs: obtain written confirmation of booking acceptance, port terminal, vessel voyage, cargo receiving cut-off, documentation cut-off, VGM deadline, and dangerous-goods deadline.
- Document consistency: ensure the UN/LOCODE, port name, country, consignee, notify party, customs destination, and inland delivery point are identical across the booking, bill of lading, commercial invoice, packing list, and customs filing.
- Dangerous goods: submit the correct UN number, proper shipping name, class, packing group, marine pollutant status, safety data sheet, and packing certificate; acceptance remains subject to carrier and terminal approval.
- Inspection and inland delivery: allow contingency for customs examination, seal verification, storage charges, truck appointment restrictions, and possible re-routing after the gateway is validated.
Shipping Tips
Frequently Asked Questions
- Can I book cargo to GTSTC immediately?
- Not before the port identity is confirmed. Our service team will verify the code, country, carrier route, terminal, and consignee customs territory first.
- Does the supplied record prove that this is an Egyptian port?
- No. It only records Egypt as the country field. The name-code combination requires independent confirmation through the carrier booking system and the relevant destination authority.
- Can you quote inland trucking and customs clearance now?
- We can prepare a provisional estimate, but a firm quotation requires the verified gateway, final delivery address, cargo details, customs regime, and applicable handling requirements.
- What should appear on the shipping documents?
- The confirmed port name, UN/LOCODE, country, terminal or port-call details, consignee, notify party, and customs destination should be consistent across all documents.
- How should hazardous cargo be handled?
- Submit complete dangerous-goods information before booking. Carrier, terminal, and local authority approval must be obtained before the container is delivered for loading.
Data Sources & Provenance
| Primary record | Customer-supplied port JSON, including code, name, country, city, latitude, and platform record indicators. |
|---|---|
| External verification boundary | Port identity, country, terminal, routing, schedules, charges, customs procedures, and facility capabilities must be reconfirmed with the carrier, destination agent, terminal, and competent authority before execution. |
| Reference framework | UN/LOCODE reference material may be checked through unece.org. This reference does not replace carrier or port-authority confirmation. |
| Data qualification | No unverified berth, draft, capacity, throughput, operating-hour, carrier, sailing, or transit-time figures are presented. |