VOL. XXXIX

No. 1

2-October-1995

EGYPT

Suez Canal To Raise Maximum Draft To 58 Feet

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) will raise the maximum draft for vessels transiting the canal to 58 ft. from 31 December, SCA Chairman Muhammad 'Izzat 'Adil said on 28 September. The previous maximum was 56 ft. The increase is the result of the gradual expansion program which the SCA began in the 1980s.