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Signal No. 3: Stand by to Make Fast:
Hoisted at Km. 18 mast:
Southbound vessels made fast in West Branch Km. 4 to 14 and

Northbound vessels already passed Tina station, “Stand by to
make fast”.
Signal No. 4: Make Fast:
Hoisted at Km. 18 mast:
Southbound vessels in Port Said East or West by-pass and
Northbound vessels already passed Tina station, “MAKE FAST”.
Signal No. 5: Attention:
Southbound & Northbound vessels stand by to make fast or

maneuver, “Keep W/T watch immediately”.
Signal No. 6: Immediate Stopping:
Southbound & Northbound vessels, “make fast immediately”.
Vessels may proceed when signal is lowered or switched off.
Signal No. 7 : Make Fast :
Vessels from North: “Make Fast”,
(To be lowered or switched off when all concerned vessels are made
fast)
Signal No. 8: Make Fast:

Vessels from South: “Make Fast”,
(To be lowered or switched off when all concerned vessels are
made fast)
Signal No. 9: Proceed:
Vessels from North Made Fast on Signal
No. 7: “Proceed”,
(Southbound vessels made fast in Port Said West branch to
Proceed on signal No. 2).

Signal No. 10: Proceed:
"Vessels from South Made Fast on
Signal No. 8, Proceed ".
Signal No. 11: Current Signal:
Current indication signal:
Hoisted on Shallufa and Gineifa Signal masts:
“Current Running NORTH”
Absence of signal: “Current is Running SOUTH or Slack Water”.
Signal No. 12: PORT CLOSED:
“Suez Roads closed for bad weather”.

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