Suez Canal Authority
The Suez Canal Authority ( SCA ; Arabic هيئة قناة السويس, DMG Haiʾat Qanāt Al-Suwais ) is the owner, manager and operator of the Suez Canal . It was established by the Nationalization Act signed on July 26, 1956 by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser , which expropriated the Suez Canal Company's assets and transferred them to the SCA. The SCA is an independent legal person. In German terminology it would be called an institution of (Egyptian) public law . Its administrative headquarters are in Ismailia . The Board of Directors) consists of 13 people under the leadership of the Chairman & Managing Director. Since August 12, 2019, this has been Admiral Osama Mounier Rabie.
SCA owns the Suez Canal and all associated land, buildings and operating equipment. It issues the traffic regulations and sets the fee rates for the use of the canal and collects these fees. Fees are calculated in SDRs and charged in US dollars, euros, etc. In 2015, it raised around $ 5.175 billion for the passage of 17,483 ships. She is responsible for the operation, the safety of traffic and the maintenance of the Suez Canal and all related tasks. The SCA is responsible for the radar and computer-aided traffic management, the 14 pilot stations and the pilots. She has been running the Maritime Training and Simulation Center with a simulator for the education and training of pilots since 1996 .
According to the Nationalization Act, it is independent, but is bound by the Constantinople Convention of October 29, 1888 , which grants ships of all nations the right to use the canal on the same terms, and this also applies to warships and, during times of war, ships of warring parties .
It operates around 60 ships (including tugs , dredgers , floating cranes and various smaller watercraft).
According to the information on the SCA website, she is also responsible for
- 14 ferry crossings with 36 ferries;
- the Ahmed Hamdi road tunnel;
- the Nile Shipyard ;
- the streets along the canal;
- a silk farm in Serabium, where treated sewage is used for farm purposes;
- the waterworks of the cities on the canal;
- 12,000 residential units for employees;
- a hospital in Ismailia and an emergency hospital each at the canal exits;
- various schools for 4,800 students;
- various sports and recreational facilities.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The article is largely based on the information on the SCA website ( accessed October 29, 2013): www.suezcanal.gov.eg
- ↑ Suez Canal Authority Overview ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Suez Canal Authority website
- ^ Website of the Suez Canal Authority
- ↑ Brief Yearly Statistics ( Memento of the original dated August 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Suez Canal Authority website
- ↑ Canal & The Society ( Memento of the original dated August 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Suez Canal Authority website
