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(5) EMERGENCY GARAGES:
Along the Suez Canal (East and West channels), there are many garages to receive vessels

in emergency cases and avoid the interruption or delay of the convoy movement.
Table No. 2

Design Length /
Kilometric Position
Designation of Depth Width
Remarks
Different garages
From Km. To Km. Meters Meters

16.480 17.000 Garage Km. 17.000 23.00 520/225 Port said west
channel
siding of Km. encoche of
32.350 32.950 24.00 600/77
32.00 (East) Km. 32
Siding of Km. encoche of Km.
0 79.800 E 0 80.360 E 24.00 560/80
80.00 (East) 80 West channel
79.950 81.000 Garage Km. 80.00 23.00 1050/160 Timsah Lake

GRAGE great bitter Lake
100.285 - (1) km101.00 21.50 550/300 (West channel)
133.075 133.575 Garage of Km. 133 23.00 500/100 little bitter Lake
145.496 146.329 Siding of Km. 24.00 810/74 --------
146.00 (East)

(6) Service Channels:
Service channels link the two channels of the Suez Canal to facilitate the movement of

small tugs for the purpose of convoy services.
Service channels axies :
1- (KM 07.950 WEST channel to KM 06.400 EAST channel).

2- (KM 64.950 WEST channel to KM 64.930 EAST channel).
3- (KM 75.825 WEST channel to KM 75.220 EAST channel)

4- (KM 78.880 (temsah Lake of ) to KM 78.420 E (WEST channel))
5- (KM 86.435 WEST channel to KM 83.750 EAST channel ).

6- (KM 89.825 WEST channel to KM 87.300 EAST channel ).

(7) Signal Stations:

Table No. 3

No. Name of Station Kilometric indication
1 Port Fouad ( Al Gona ) - East Km. 2.854 E
2 Al Raswa - West Km. 3.757

1 ) See plans (p. 124,125)

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