VOL. XXXVI
NO. 8
23-NOVEMBER-1992
EGYPT
SCA Opts for Limited Expansion of Suez Canal
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has opted for a limited expansion of the SuezCanal because falling traffic and financial constraints have led to postponementof more ambitious expansion plans. This was stated by SCA Chairman Muhammad 'Izzat'Adil on 14 November at the ceremony inaugurating the start of expansion work byPenta Ocean of Japan on an 8-km. stretch of the Canal at Kabrit in the LittleBitter Lake area. Two...
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