Suez Canal strengthens its naval fleet Joining 16 different marine units

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said that the works of expanding and deepening the canal are scheduled to be finally completed next year (2023).

He Said that during the celebration of the opening of the Olympic Village and the inauguration of new naval units for the Suez Canal Authority.

President Sisi added that at that time, the project to dig the new Suez Canal required LE68 billion, and an IPO took place for the Egyptians, which was fully covered within only 10 days to finance the project.

President Sisi continued, “There was a state of skepticism and abuse of the Egyptian state and a lowering of the Egyptian people’s morale at that time,” stressing that the new channel achieved large revenues greater than the number collected from Egyptians, indicating that the channel’s income ranged between $4.8 billion – 5 billion dollars and has now increased to reach 5.5 billion dollars, 6 and 7 billion dollars.

President Sisi stressed that the Suez Canal revenues during the past four years or Thursday exceeded the amounts that were paid in the expansion process of the navigation course of the canal.

On the other hand President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi directed the government to organize an economic conference at the end of this month, adding, “I wish there were specialists and experts, even experts who disagree with us on some policies. The important thing is that we hear each other and think together.”

President Sisi said: “This will be a very important opportunity to hear from each other, what is important is the interest of our country.”

President Sisi assigned the government to set up a package of incentives for industrialists and exporters so that the export figures would reach the target, i.e. one hundred billion dollars.

The Suez Canal Authority is keen to enhance the capabilities of its marine units’ fleet of dredgers, tugs, boats and ferries according to a scientific approach and a specific timetable, with the aim of raising the level of marine services provided to transiting ships, and meeting the needs of customers and the requirements of the expected growth in the global trade movement passing through the canal.

And Suez Canal inaugurated today the inclusion of 16 diverse marine units, toinhances its competitiveness and maintains its leading position within the authority’s strategy 2023, within the framework of the political leadership’s directives to keep pace with the rapid technological development in the field of marine auxiliary units industry

The following is an overview of the newly joined naval units of the Authority’s fleet:

The tasks of each unit

Work on the transfer of dredging anchors -Installation and maintenance of the kraftin floating tape

– Help in dripping keratin.

Working as a mobile workshop in the maintenance of dredging equipment for karkatin

Technical specifications for each unit

– Tensile capacity: 32 tons – Length: 27 meters – Width: 12 meters – Draft: 2.85 meters Speed: 9 knots – Mooring winch capacity: 100 tons

Tugs& Towing

The twoTugs (Azima 1 and Azima 2) Al-Temsah Shipbuilding Company, one of the Authority’s subsidiaries, succeeded in building the two tugboats, Azima 1 and Azima 2 in record time to meet the needs and nature of work in the Suez Canal.

The tasks of each unit

Towing of non-self-propelled marine units within the waterway Maintenance and repair of navigational aids in the canal

Technical specifications for each unit

Height: 18.6 meters – Width: 6.8 meters – Draft: 2.2 meters Speed: 11.2 knots – Tensile strength: 12.6 tons – Machine capacity: 2 x 500 hp at 1800 rpm

Pilotage fleet and VIP visitors’ boats

Senior Visitors’ Yachts (Victory and Irada)

The Naval Fleet of Suez Canal witnessed the joining of the yacht “Nasr” and the yacht “Eradah” to the yachts of the authority, after the completion of its construction in the yard in the south of the Red Sea

Technical specifications for each unit

– Length: 29 meters – Width: 6.7 meters – Draft: 1.6 meters Speed: 20 knots – Number of rooms: 4 rooms Engines Capacity: 2 MTU Engines, 1800 HP

Aluminum guide jacks

(Seafarers14, 15, 16)

Three new vessels of similar dimensions and capabilities have joined the Authority’s marine fleet after the completion of its construction in the Canal Company for Marine Construction

The tasks of each unit

Transferring Pilots to and from the ships transiting the Canal they are Politing

Technical specifications for each unit

– Total length: 15.3 meters – Width: 4.7 meters – Draft: 1.3 meters Speed: 20.5 knots at 100% MCR Main engines: two SCANIA engines Engine Model: M 13070 DI Engines: 400 HP x 2 at 1800 rpm