Cairo:
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has began dredging work to extend a second lane that permits for two-way targeted traffic in a southern section of the canal close to to exactly where a giant container ship got stuck for six days in March, it stated on Saturday.
The SCA announced this week that it was arranging to extend a second canal lane that opened in 2015 by 10 km to make it 82 km lengthy, and would widen and deepen a single lane stretch at the southern finish of the canal.
The work had begun following directives from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi “to immediately start implementing the proposed development plan and put in place a timetable for completion as soon as possible”, the SCA stated on Saturday.
The grounding of the 440-metre Ever Given container ship in a southern section of the canal from March 23-29 delayed the passage of hundreds of vessels by means of the waterway, disrupting international trade.
The Ever Given, nevertheless loaded with thousands of containers, is getting held in the Great Bitter Lake involving two stretches of the canal, amid a dispute more than an SCA compensation claim against the ship’s Japanese owner Shoei Kisen.
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