Lieutenant general/ Osama Rabea, head of Suez Canal authority said that 47 vessels have modified their voyages route to cross Suez Canal instead of Cape of Good Hope, this as from the beginning of current February; assuming the return of more navigational lines to cross the Canal with the continuity of stability in the region. He also added that joint debates with navigational lines had had positive results with clients and had positive indications for the return of stability in Red Sea region, this was during his speech in activities of MARLOG conference fourth edition.
Red Sea crisis has imposed unprecedented challenges
Rabea has also mentioned during his speech that Red Sea crisis has imposed unprecedented security challenges in the region which in turn has negatively reflected on stability and sustainability of international supply chains. And continued that the crisis requires uniting efforts to overcome the negative consequences and guarantee maritime services continuity in the region and has reviewed the Suez Canal authority exerted efforts to reduce the crisis impact on clients. This by continuous effective direct communication with the navigational lines and stabilizing pricing policies.
He also added that the authority has upgraded and developed a group of maritime and logistics’ services to meet the needs of its clients in both ordinary cases and emergencies, most outstanding of which is the service of maintaining and repairing vessels, maritime salvage, pollution combating, sea ambulance, switching marine crews and bunkering.
Accomplishing plans for Suez Canal development
SC authority head has also assured that different challenges in the region was not an obstacle in front of the Suez Canal to accomplish its ambitious development plans especially with president Sisi support to keep the Canal readiness and upraising its provided services for its clients. Moreover, he pointed out that the Canal has succeeded in achieving a new achievement in infra-structure and navigational channel development with the completion of the Southern sector with its two divisions and its operation for international trade traffic: in order to benefit from the many navigational privileges it achieves such as the increase of the navigational security factor and reducing water currents’ impact on crossing vessels. This in addition to the increase in the Canal capacity with a rate from 6 to 8 vessel.
