VOL. XXXVII

NO. 46

15-AUGUST-1994

Egypt

SCA Plans New Floating Dock For Suez

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is planning to construct a floating dock atSuez to provide tanker repair services for vessels transiting the Suez Canal ordelivering crude to Sumed's 'Ain Sukhna terminal in the Gulf of Suez. The $30mndock will have a lifting capacity of 50,000 tons and will be capable of handlingtankers of up to 280,000 dwt. It will have a width of 65ms. and a length ofbetween 300 and 320ms. The SCA is...