Transit convoys resumed after waterway cleared

30 Mar 2021 / Suez Canal, Egypt

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has announced the following arrangements for convoys resuming today (30 March) for ships waiting at Port Said and Suez since the waterway was closed due to a grounded vessel last week.

NORTHBOUND CONVOY

  • 0630 hours local time - about 22 ships entered the Canal, heading for Port Said.

SOUTHBOUND CONVOY

  • 0700 hours local time - about 14 ships entered the Canal, heading for Suez.
  • 37 vessels that had been waiting at Great Bitter Lakes since 23/24 March have now exited the Canal. Another six that remained at Great Bitter Lakes are due to resume their transit at about 1400 hours, along with 30 ships which entered the Canal for southbound transit yesterday (29 March). This group is expected to started exiting the Canal at about 1700 hours local time today.

Further convoys will be arranged subject to changes from time to time by the SCA as per their navigation considerations to speed up transiting for all waiting ships. Details are not announced by the SCA in advance, but convoys in both directions are running around the clock until the backlog of vessels is cleared.

For information about operations in the Suez Canal, contact GAC Egypt at [email protected]

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