New Suez Canal

Theme

Seaborne Trade

Client

Suez Canal Authority, Egypt

Status

Completed, 2014 - 2015

Scope Of Work

The giant project involved the creation of a new Suez Canal parallel to the current channel of a total length of 34 kilometers, led by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA). Approximately 460 million cubic meters of material were excavated and dredged to create the new channel, of which 220 million cubic metres were executed through dredging.

The channels was dredged till -24.0m CD equal to -6.20m SCD in all sections except for some sections in lot 6 (-23.0 or -23.5m CD). All dredged material were placed in the assigned Dumping Basins and Areas situated next to the channel along the length.