Friday 15/November/2024 – 01:34 PM
Lieutenant General Osama Rabie, President, confirmed Suez Canal AuthorityThe canal has succeeded in taking serious steps towards upgrading the system of maritime and logistical services provided by it and adding new services that meet customer requirements in normal and emergency circumstances and contribute to placing the Suez Canal in the appropriate position as a regional center for providing various services, in parallel with completing the implementation of plans to develop the maritime channel. For the channel.
This came during his participation in the meetings of the Senate Committee on Housing, Local Administration and Transport, headed by Major General Khaled Mohammed Saeed, Chairman of the Committee, and in the presence of the Committee’s rapporteurs and MPs, 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.
Strengthening the legislative environment and establishing regulatory controls
During his participation, Lieutenant General Osama Rabie praised; The efforts made by the Senate in drafting and adding basic amendments to draft laws and contributing 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 Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority called for adding some provisions that regulate maritime rescue work by agencies and entities working in this vital field and setting controls and conditions binding on the concerned parties and those dealing with this law.
For their part, the members of the committee praised the efforts made by the Suez Canal Authority to confront the repercussions of the current conditions in the Red Sea region and their negative effects on navigation rates in the canal, 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 marine industries.
