Dredging
The development project has great importance as it aims at increasing the navigational safety at the southern entrance by 28% and increasing the capacity of the canal to receive more ships with an average of 6 additional ships, Rabie added.
Egypt has contracted with Belgian DEME Group, a leading company in the fields of dredging and land reclamation, to dredge Abu Qir port, Alexandria, as President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met with the company’s chief, the Presidency said in a statement.
The East Port Said port has a wharf of 2,400 meters, with investment of LE 1.8 billion, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish said Saturday.
