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CHAPTER II

ARRIVAL AND PREPARATION FOR TRANSIT

SECTION I
PRE-ARRIVAL OF VESSELS

Art. 12 - Booking for Transit:

(1) Vessels may book for transiting the Canal. The booking notice shall reach the Suez Canal

Port Offices not later than four days prior to the transit It must contain the name, date and
nationality of the vessel, her type (Container, RoRo, .... etc.), her particulars such as

draught, length overall, beam, SC.G.T., SC.N.T. and D.W.T. ... etc.
(2) Vessels booking for fixed date will have priority to join the convoy on that date, if they

arrive within the limit time defined by the present Rules.
(3) Booking can be cancelled or altered by notice to the SCA Offices at least 12 hours before
(1)
the limit time of arrival to join the convoy on the date booked for, otherwise, the vessel
shall be charged with (1000 U.S. Dollars). In case of ULCC's, VLCC’s, LNG and similar
(2)
vessels this charge will be (3000 U.S. Dollars) due to the special arrangements made by
the SCA, such as escorting by tugs ... etc.
(1)
(4) Vessels arriving before the limit time of arrival to join the convoy set by (Art. 50) without
previous booking (i.e. SCA didn’t receive the booking notice at least 12 hours by such limit

time) will be dealt with as follows:
a) May join the convoy if the capacity of movement in the canal permits.

b) In case they will join the convoy, the vessel will pay (1000 U.S. Dollars) except for
VLCC’S and similar vessels which need special arrangements by SCA the charge will

be (3000 U.S. Dollars).
c) Otherwise, the vessel may join the following convoy.

(5) A fee of 50 U.S. Dollars is charged for the usage of Suez Canal Authority’s Electronic
Service, under the following conditions:
a) Every issued “Transit Dues” bill will be charged the afore mentioned Electronic Service

fees.
b) The Electronic Service fees will be included in every issued “Transit Dues” bill as a

separate item and amount under the name of “Electronic Transit Request (ETR)”.
c) The Electronic Service fees is considered an integral part of and related to normal transit
dues where it neither affects nor affected by any surcharges or granted rebates. Hence;

1 ) The normal limit time set by Art.50 p.49, where no additional dues are required to join the convoy
2 ) See Art. 104 p.194.

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