Independent journal on economy and transport policy
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the government Egyptian has assigned the contracts for the widening of the Suez Canal and the construction of according to channel
The work will be realized by a consortium constituted from NMDC, Boskalis, Van Oord and Jan de Nul and from a consortium constituted from Dredging International and GLDD
October 20, 2014
Past saturday the government of Cairo and the Authority of the Suez Canal has assigned the contracts for the execution of the project of widening of the Suez Canal that previews the dredging of the current one via of water and the construction of according to channel ( on 6 August 2014).
A store clerk of the value of 1,5 billion dollars is conferred to the consortium constituted from the emiratina National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) (group leader), from the Dutch Royal Boskalis Westminster and Van Oord and from the Belgian Jan de Nul. The four companies, to which they will go 375 million dollars each, have been people in charge to realize a section of the new channel, parallel to the current one, of the length of about 35 kilometers and with a depth of -24 meters with the removal of 180 million cubic metres of materials. The yards will be opened this year and the work will be completed in August 2015.
A second store clerk of the value of 540 million dollars is assigned to the consortium participated with 75% from the Dredging International of Belgian group DEME and with 25% from the American Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD) the contract previews the widening and the dredging of the current channel in the drafts of the Great Bitter Lake and the by-passes Deversoir and Kabret for a total length of 25 kilometers where the backdrop will have to be dredged to a depth of -24 meters. The work will be started in the next few days and will be completed over some months.
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Past saturday the government of Cairo and the Authority of the Suez Canal has assigned the contracts for the execution of the project of widening of the Suez Canal that previews the dredging of the current one via of water and the construction of according to channel 
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