Sea thumb|alt=Red and yellow cargo ship being unloaded by cranes|Cargo ship in the Port of Dili in 2018, before it was converted to a passenger port The Port of Dili has a total berth length of . Depths alongside the berth range from to . This port was previously the only international cargo reception port in the country, but its capacity is insufficient to meet import needs. The Tibar Bay Port was thus planned to handle all cargo shipping, leaving the current Dili port to become a dedicated ferry terminal. Tibar Bay Port was expected to be built starting in 2015, and scheduled for opening in 2020. On 3 June 2016 the government signed a Public-private partnership agreement with Bolloré, giving the company a 30-year least on the new port. A construction tender was awarded to the China Harbour Engineering Company in December 2017. Construction began on 30 August 2019, with completion scheduled for August 2021. As of December 2020 construction was 42% complete, with delays including Chinese workers returning to China during the COVID-19 pandemic. The port was then expected to open in April 2022. The port received its first ships on 30 September that year, and was officially inaugurated on 30 November 2022.
Sea thumb|alt=Red and yellow cargo ship being unloaded by cranes|Cargo ship in the Port of Dili in 2018, before it was converted to a passenger port The Port of Dili has a total berth length of . Depths alongside the berth range from to . This port was previously the only international cargo reception port in the country, but its capacity is insufficient to meet import needs. The Tibar Bay Port was thus planned to handle all cargo shipping, leaving the current Dili port to become a dedicated ferry terminal. Tibar Bay Port was expected to be built starting in 2015, and scheduled for opening in 2020. On 3 June 2016 the government signed a Public-private partnership agreement with Bolloré, giving the company a 30-year least on the new port. A construction tender was awarded to the China Harbour Engineering Company in December 2017. Construction began on 30 August 2019 with completion scheduled for August 2021. As of December 2020 construction was 42% complete, with delays including Chinese workers returning to China during the COVID-19 pandemic. The port was then expected to open in April 2022. The port received its first ships on 30 September that year, and was officially inaugurated on 30 November 2022.