Dredging plans unveiled for the Suez Canal
OPERATIONS will soon begin on a new phase of the dredging of the
Suez Canal, allowing the watercourse to receive vessels of up
to 210,000 tons.
GAC has reported that during this phase the canal's draught will
be deepened from its current 18 metres to 19 metres.
By 2005, additional dredging is expected to increase the draught
to 20 metres and by 2010 to
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