The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is planning to expand the southern section of the canal, where the containership Ever Given was stuck last month blocking the waterway for more than six days.
In an interview with Reuters, the SCA chairman Osama Rabie said that a study is currently underway to assess the possible expansion of the southern part of the canal.
He was quoted by the news agency as saying: “If there is a 250m part that needs expansion, maybe we will make it 400m.”
Rabie added that the SCA...
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