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Dredgers

The dredging Debartment owns a fleet of 12 multitype dredgers. The fleet has carried out the regular dredging works along the SC and its approaches and the waiting areas in the lakes ,together with the development projects to increas the maximum permissible draught for the transiting vessels.
The SC dredger's fleet had carried out many projects inside and outside Egypt such as dredging works in the Egyptian ports (Damietta & Dekhella) and in the dredging works in Libya and Syria.

1. Cutter Suction Dredgers:

	Total Power (HP)	Cutter Power (HP)	Dredge Pump Power (HP)	Min. Dredging Depth (m)	Max. Dredging Depth (m)
Mashhour	30800	3263	2x7342	8	35
El Seddiek	19070	2175	2x5000	5.2	30
Tarek Ebn-Zeyad	16270	1903	1x10000	6	30
Mahmoud Yones	11070	1500	1x5000	3	25.3
10 ^thof Ramadan	2108	231	1115	2	11.5
Nefertity	500	100	350	1	8

2. Self Propelled Hopper Suction Dredgers:

	Total Power (HP)	Hopper Capacity (m3)	Dredge Pump Power (HP)	Normal Dredging Depth (m)	Max. Dredging Depth (m)
Mecca	25032	10211	2x4487	12.5	35
Oboor Port Said	18100	6557	2x1632	25	30
Salah El Dean	15150	6328	2x1632	25	30

3. Bucket Wheel Excavator Cutter Suction Dredgers:

Suez Canal VTMS

	Total Power	Cutter Power	Dredge Pump Power	Min. Dredging Depth	Max. Dredging Depth
Barakat	6415 HP	600 HP	1x3300 HP	3 m	20 m

4. Barge Unloading Dredgers:

Suez Canal VTMS

	Displacement Fully Loaded	Dredge Pump Power	Dredging Quantity	Suction/ Discharge bore
Samy Harraz	726 Ton	2280 HP	1000 m3/hr	700/ 600 mm

5. Booster Station:

Suez Canal VTMS

	Displacement Fully Loaded	Dredge Pump Power	Discharge Distance	Vertical Elevation
AlMokhtar	1260 Ton	6118 HP	2000 m	10 m

Dredging Department's Fleet ( Full Document )

Canal History

13th century BCE

13th century BCE, A canal is constructed between the Nile Delta and the Red Sea. For the following centuries, the canal was only partially maintained...

1854, By a French initiative, the viceroy of Egypt, Said Pasha, decides for a project to build a canal from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea...

1858, La Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez is formed to construct the canal.

17 Nov 1869, With great splendour, the canal is opened for navigation. Dimensions were 22 metre in bottom width, 58 metre in surface width, and a depth of 8 metres...

2 Mar 1888, The Convention of Constantinople guaranteed right of passage of all ships through the Suez Canal during war and peace...

13 Jun 1956, Suez Canal Zone restored to Egypt.
26 Jul 1956, Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal.

5 Jun 1975, Suez Canal reopened...

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