Suez Canal transit
Canal Navigator Giving You What You Need
Peace of Mind Included
Our fully updated “Suez Canal transit guide” in digital and paper version is available for distribution to the interested clients “Free of charge”.
Significant chapters explained in the guide are shown below:
♦ Convoy System
♦ Pilotage
♦ Extra pilots
♦ Booking for Suez Canal transit
♦ Documents & Certificates
♦ Suez Canal Special Tonnage Certificate
♦ Toll rates
♦ SDR (Special drawing rights)
♦ First transit & Measurement of a vessel
♦ SCNT (Suez Canal Net Tonnage)
♦ SCID (Suez Canal Identification number)
♦ Suez Canal mooring boats
♦ Suez Canal projector
♦ Suez Canal maximum permissible L.O.A, Beam, Draft, air-draft
♦Draft for ships in ballast
♦ Draft marks
♦ Suez Canal Salinity
♦ Ballast distinctive character
♦ Ships in ballast that charged loaded toll rates
♦ Escort & Imposed tugs
♦ Imposed Salvage tugs
♦ Deck cargo
♦ Ships carrying cement of gypsum
♦ Military cargoes via Suez Canal
♦ Dangerous cargoes via Suez Canal
♦ Radioactive substances via Suez Canal
♦ Heavy lift ships
♦ General cargo ships carrying floating units
♦ Towed units
♦ Azimuth stern drive ships
♦ Dredgers, Drilling rigs
♦ Navy & Auxiliary ships
♦ First transit & Measurement of the vessel
♦ Sea trial
♦ Speed in Suez Canal transit
♦ Efficiency of ship’s navigational devices
♦ Bow anchors
♦ Pilot ladder
♦ Accommodation for pilot, Electrician team & Mooring men
♦ Authorized persons to board the vessel
♦ Egyptian Security Committee
♦ Hints to master and ship’s manager
♦ Ships not allowed to Suez Canal transit
♦ Fines
Our Top Rated Agency Services in Suez Canal transit
-Suez Fat Toll rebates – Read more
-Main agency for Suez Canal transit
-Protecting agency
-Crew change
-Smooth sign on/off of the majority of nationalities including Asian ratings.
-Crew Medical attendance
-Crew Vaccination
-Cash to master
-Clearance and Delivery onboard the vessel of Spare parts or other consignments
-Ship’s mail
-Freight forwarding
-Supply of stores: Deck, Engine cabin, provisions, bonded stores, anti piracy stuff
-Supply of Fresh water, bunkers, lubricants, chemicals, etc.
-Supply of BA Charts & Nautical publications
-Surveys of all types, on/of hire bunker & condition survey, draft surveys, etc.
-Coordinate & follow up repairs onboard the ship carried out by local workshops
-Underwater hull inspections and cleaning
-Garbage removal
-Disposal ashore of sludge, slops, sediments, oily water, via tank barge
* We do not charge protecting agency fees for attending ship’s items and only the actual cost of the offered services. Same is valid also for the vessels transiting canal under the attendance of the agent of the time charterer.
Safeguarding of ship’s interests
Our port captains follow up closely ship’s movements from arrival to departure 24/7 keeping all involved parties timely informed with ships’ transit prospects, entering and exiting time, always standing by to assist the master with canal documents, inspections, etc if and when required.
Special Services
We may assist ships arriving with serious handicaps missing anchor, cranes’ malfunction, non operational navigation systems, that otherwise would not be allowed to enter canal experiencing long time delays and high costs, to overcome the problem quickly and efficiently. Contacting us well in advance of ship’s ETA is crucial for successful handling of the problem.