Arab Finance: The Suez Canal Authority issued a new navigation circular No. (4) for the year 2024 To encourage yacht tourism Developing marine tourism in the Red Sea region by providing a package of facilities and incentives for yachts crossing the canal.
This comes within the framework of the flexible marketing policies pursued by the Authority as part of its efforts to encourage yacht tourism in the region, and work according to the new circular is scheduled to begin as of the beginning of next November.
The new circular grants yachts with a total tonnage of 300 tons or more to the Suez Canal a package of facilities that includes the ability to join the direct group of ships from each convoy, in addition to allowing direct transit without waiting on the hook in the Great Lakes region, in accordance with the controls stipulated in the navigation regulations and the rules governing crossing the canal.
The new circular indicates that yachts with a total tonnage for the Suez Canal of less than 300 tons will be granted a 20% reduction in transit fees for the return trip only, if they return again from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean within a period not exceeding 60 days from the date of the trip. Go.
The facilities provided also include granting yachts that carry out the storage process at the Yacht Marina in Ismailia for a period of more than 90 days a reduction of 20% of the transit fees for the trip during which the aforementioned storage process took place, whether that trip is from the north or the south.
The circular also grants a 50% reduction in the fees for landing yachts with a total tonnage of less than 300 tons at the authority’s yacht marinas in Port Said or Suez at the two entrances to the canal for the purpose of fulfilling the procedures for crossing the canal in the event that the yachts arrive at a suitable time for crossing and on the condition that they do not stay overnight or obtain any type of transportation. Services (electricity, water, etc.) from those mentioned ports.
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