CAIRO — A giant dredger has made it to the Great Bitter Lakes, near the Suez Canal, in preparation for joining the fleet of the international maritime passageway.
Named for the former head of the Suez Canal Authority, Mohab Mameesh, and built by Dutch Royal IHC, together with another dredger, for 300 million euros ($360 million), the new digger is 147.4 meters (484 feet) long and 23 meters (75 feet) wide. It can dredge to 35 meters (115 feet) deep; the canal's depth is 24 meters (79 feet).