31 Jul 2015 / Egypt, Safaga

Storage of MSPC weapons by Egyptian Navy

Effective today (19 March), all ships coming into Egyptian Red Sea ports or transiting the Suez Canal must declare weapons onboard to the Safaga port authority, and such weapons be stored in the Safaga navy base. Storage charges at Safaga are the same as at Suez. All security team embarkation/disembarkation shall continue to be conducted at Suez. The Safaga navy base meeting location is at: 26.41.2 North/34.1.5 East. All weapons/equipment currently stored at Suez port police armoury will be released upon request for vessels clearing the Suez Canal and heading south. In case of bad weather that the navy boat cannot approach a vessel due to bad weather at the Safaga meeting point, the vessel will be allowed to store weapons at Suez port. For information about operations in Egypt, contact GAC Egyot at [email protected]

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