Online Toll Calculator Tariff 1. LPG Carriers 5. LNG carriers 6. Container ships 8. General Cargo 9. RO-RO ships Vehicle Carriers Passenger ships Special Floating Units Tugs Escort Tugs Imposed Tugs. SCA Circular No. Escorting the ships transiting the Suez Canal is effectuated according to the Suez Canal net tonnage and not the summer dead weight.
The Article will read as follows:. Loaded vessels less than 70, Suez Canal net tonnage will be escorted by one tug if for technical reasons SCA find it necessary or when the vessels draught is more than 47 feet. Loaded vessels from 70, Suez Canal net tonnage to 90, tons will be escorted by one tug.
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Loaded vessels over 90, Suez Canal net tonnage will be escorted by two tugs. Vessels in ballast over , Suez Canal net tonnage will be escorted by one tug. Vessels in ballast with beam over ft up to ft will be escorting by one tug. Vessels in ballast with beam over ft will be escorted by two tugs. Towed scrapped vessels in ballast 80, Suez Canal net tonnage and over will be escorted by one tug. The Suez Canal net tonnage is assessed regardless of sizes that are temporarily added in each transit such as double bottom tanks or containers on deck etc.
