Lieutenant General Osama Rabie participates in discussing amendments to maritime laws in the Senate
Lieutenant General Rabie: “We are working to improve the system of services provided and put the canal in the right position as a regional center for providing maritime services in the region.”
Senate Undersecretary: “The Suez Canal is racing against time to achieve an ambitious future vision for development.” Despite successive and unprecedented challenges”
Lieutenant General Osama Rabie, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, participated in the meetings of the Housing, Local Administration and Transport Committee in the Senate, headed by Major General Khaled Mohamed Saeed, Chairman of the Committee, and in the presence of the Committee’s rapporteurs. And the representatives, members of the committee, at the Senate headquarters.
The meeting aimed to discuss the proposed amendments to both Draft Law No. (84) of 1949 regarding the registration of commercial ships, and Draft Maritime Trade Law No. (8) of 1990.< /p>
Lieutenant General Osama Rabie, Chairman of the Authority, met with Representative Phoebe Fawzi, Deputy of the Senate, where she received him and was keen to convey the greetings of Counselor Abdel Wahab Abdel Razek, Chairman of the Senate, and his appreciation for the effective participation of the Suez Canal Authority in discussing amendments to draft laws related to the field of maritime transport.
The Undersecretary of the Senate praised the integration and comprehensiveness of the Authority’s development strategy to enhance the Authority’s capabilities and capabilities at all levels, expressing her appreciation To continue the development plans in a race against time to achieve an ambitious future vision that has not stopped despite the successive and unprecedented challenges at the international and regional levels. Laws and contribute to strengthening the legislative environment by establishing regulatory controls that are compatible with the actual needs of the Egyptian state and contribute effectively to advancing development in all fields.
The head of the authority called for adding some provisions that regulate maritime rescue work in agencies and agencies working in This is a vital field and the establishment of controls and conditions that are binding on the concerned parties and those dealing with this law.
The Chairman of the Authority confirmed that the Suez Canal has succeeded in taking serious steps towards improving the system of maritime and logistical services provided by it and adding new services that meet customer requirements in normal and emergency circumstances. It contributes to placing the Suez Canal in the appropriate position as a regional center for providing various services, in parallel with the completion of the implementation of plans to develop the canal’s navigational course, indicating in this regard the near completion of the project to develop the southern sector of the canal in both parts, to become an important addition towards raising the factor of navigational safety and increasing the carrying capacity of the canal. The results of which were clearly demonstrated in the success of the largest qualitative crossing operation in the history of the canal by crossing the floating basin “Dourado”.
For their part, the committee members praised the efforts made by the Suez Canal Authority to confront the repercussions of the current situation. In the Red Sea region and its negative effects on the canal’s navigation rates, and the authority’s direction to deal flexibly with the crisis by diversifying sources of income by creating new services that did not exist before, and adopting giant national projects to localize maritime industries.
