Transit of containerships

25 Jun 2020 / Suez Canal, Egypt

As an encouragement to owners and operators of containerships coming from ports on the East Coast of America and heading to ports ‎in south and southeast Asia to transit through the Suez Canal, the Suez Canal Authority has decided:

  • Containerships coming from Port of Norfolk and its northern ports and heading to Port Klang and its eastern ports shall be granted a rebate of 50%.

  • Containerships coming from ports south of Port of Norfolk and heading to:
    a) Port Klang and its eastern ports shall be granted a rebate of 75%
    b) Port of Colombo and its eastern ports up to Port Klang shall be granted a rebate of 55%

  • The amendment to circ. (2/2016) set by the periodical issued on 5/4/2020 shall remain in force. This amended the period of submitting the original rebate ‎documents to 180 days (starting on the ‎day following the vessel’s transit of the Suez Canal) ‎rather than 60 days. All rebate ‎documents should be submitted as one ‎package.‎

  • Other paragraphs and articles of circular (2/2016) and its amendment issued on 13/7/2016 shall remain in force.

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

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