Within the framework of the Suez Canal Authority’s ambitious strategy to develop and modernize its naval fleet, and in implementation of the Egyptian state’s plan to localize maritime industries and support the capabilities and capabilities of the Authority’s companies and arsenals, the Port Said Marine Engineering and Construction Company, one of the Authority’s affiliated companies, witnessed the inauguration of 5 aluminum boats of the “Bahar” model. ; At the same time, the cradle of 5 cranes was welded, in parallel with the construction work of 7 other cranes.
The length of each crane is It is 15.3 meters long, 4.7 meters wide, and its speed is 18 knots and can reach 21 knots. It can operate in the high seas up to 150 nautical miles. The boat is also distinguished by its superior maneuverability, high stability at speed, and the presence of a quick rescue platform to deal with emergency situations.
This comes within the framework of the contract that stipulates that the Port Said Marine Engineering and Construction Company will build 27 boats of the type A sailor for the Suez Canal Authority and the Canal Company for Ship Mooring and Lights.
The company is witnessing a major breakthrough in the field of building aluminum boats, as it succeeded in adding a new workshop for building aluminum boats to work in parallel with the main workshop to complete the work of building boats in record time. 
The company had launched the activity of building “Bahar” aluminum cranes. In 2012, through the construction and inauguration of two launches, “Bahar 1” And “Seasurs 2” To work for the Suez Canal Authority, and the two launches are still working with the same efficiency to this day, they were followed by a contract to build 19 launches of the same model, which were built successively over several years, taking into account the continuous introduction of modifications and development of the capabilities of the launch, all the way to Bahar 19, which witnessed a surge in modernizations to keep up with Work requirements for the service of changing marine crews to transform it into a crew boat capable of accommodating a larger number of launch crew.
The company is expanding the scope of its work by carrying out external work in the Arab region The most recent of which is the signing of a partnership contract with the Kuwaiti Barak Marine Works Company to rehabilitate an ambulance launch and turn it into a tourist yacht.
The Port Said Marine Engineering and Construction Company is one of the leading companies in the field of building and maintaining marine and river units made of solid fiber materials. Glass and aluminum, as well as repairs and installations of ship devices and equipment, and the field of petroleum business by manufacturing, supplying and installing petroleum tanks and pipelines. And metal structures for floating oil wells, in addition to the construction of water and sewage treatment plants, and the field of metal facilities, factory installations, and fiberglass products.
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