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3. Permits
- Transit Permit

Masters of the small crafts shall register themselves at the “Small Crafts' Office” at the port of
departure, pay all the required fees, then travel clearance is issued upon completion of all the

required procedures (financial, administrative, obligatory inspections) in addition to assigning
an SCA pilot.
Small crafts are not allowed to change the course of the trip stated in their travel permit which

was issued prior to departure. Any change in the course of the trip made imperative by
circumstances must be reported to the nearest signal station in order to be allowed for

proceeding by traffic control officials, and, if applicable, the floating unit shall pay all accrued
expenses at the port of arrival.

(6) The Eastern Channel of the Canal:

Small crafts shall not be allowed to proceed in all the eastern channels as well as alongside the

(1)
eastern bank of the Canal .
(7) Navigation and Night Mooring:

- Small crafts shall not be allowed to proceed at night (i.e. between sunset and

sunrise) in the Canal outside the boundaries of Port Said (2) port unless

authorized by Transit Dept. (Navigation Control Office). The small crafts shall

not, by any means, be allowed to proceed using their sail.

- Small crafts must be equipped with the search lights prescribed in The

International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, and transit permit
or clearance shall not be issued before a technical inspection is conducted

ensuring the search lights in the small units are in place.

(8) Preventing Mooring or Making Fast
1. It is not permissible, whether by day or night to let a small craft make fast on one another,

stop at a distance of more than 500 m. from the banks of the Canal, they’re also prohibited
to make fast at the curves, the buoys or flashing marks, or at any areas considered as

“prohibited for anchorage” by SCA and the security entities.
2. Timsah Lake:

1 ) Fishing boats disallowed to exercise work outside the limits marked by the red buoys and the western bank
of the Canal.
2 ) This provision isn’t applicable to small floating units utilized by Suez Canal Authority.
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