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Suez Canal expansion due to finish in July 2023 - SCA chairman

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Reuters
16 January, 2022, 05:30 pm
Last modified: 16 January, 2022, 05:33 pm

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Suez Canal expansion due to finish in July 2023 - SCA chairman

The SCA announced accelerated plans to extend a second channel of the canal and to enlarge an existing channel after the Ever Given container ship ran aground and blocked the waterway for six days last year

Reuters
16 January, 2022, 05:30 pm
Last modified: 16 January, 2022, 05:33 pm
 Ever Given container ship is pictured in Suez Canal in this Maxar Technologies satellite image taken on March 26, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Ever Given container ship is pictured in Suez Canal in this Maxar Technologies satellite image taken on March 26, 2021. Photo: Reuters

A project to expand parts of the Suez Canal is expected to be completed after two years of work in July 2023, the chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said on Sunday.

The SCA announced accelerated plans to extend a second channel of the canal and to enlarge an existing channel after the Ever Given container ship ran aground and blocked the waterway for six days last year.

"The project will be completed in 24 months. We started in July 2021 and God willing we will finish in July 2023," Chairman Osama Rabie said on the sidelines of an event in Dubai.

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Ships pass through the canal in convoys, and the extension of the second lane would increase capacity by six ships, Rabie said, without giving further details.

The southernmost 30 km of the canal, where the Ever Given became grounded, is set to be widened 40 metres eastward and deepened to 72 feet from 66 feet, according to previously announced plans.

"This will improve ship navigation by 28% in this difficult part of the canal," Rabie said.

 The Suez Canal Authority and its companies were developing the entire project, he said.

Asked about shipments of Iranian fuel or oil passing through the Suez Canal despite  US sanctions on Iranian oil sales, he said: "There's no discrimination when it comes to a country flag on ships, and Iranian oil does pass through the canal."

Lebanese armed group Hezbollah imported Iranian fuel last year, a move it said was aimed at addressing shortages. Shipments were routed via Syria to avoid complications with sanctions.

  

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