EXCLUSIVE: DEME, Suez Canal explore potential areas of cooperation

Osama Rabie, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairman Vice Admiral, today hosted Amadeo Perron, Area Director Middle East at DEME Group, to discuss prospects for future co-operation.

At the meeting, Rabie expressed appreciation for the strategic partnership and stressed SCA’s commitment to continued coordination. He also highlighted interest in learning about the latest global dredging technologies.

Rabie added that the SCA had modernized its marine dredging fleet by adding the Mohab Mameesh and Hussein Tantawy dredgers, the newest and largest of their kind in the Middle East. The two dredgers played an active role in the South Sector Development Project.

He noted that SCA’s dredging fleet expanded operations beyond the Canal and now participates in major national projects, including the development of Egyptian ports and the dredging and development of lakes.

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