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Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update by Clewza313 on Monday March 29, 2021 @01:00AM (#26617857)
Even in normal operations the canal is being dredged continually, since it's basically a channel dug into sand that's continually dissolving in the water. Check out the cross sections here: it's much wider and more shallow (gradient up to 4:1) than you might think.

https://www.suezcanal.gov.eg/English/About/SuezCanal/Pages/C...

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Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update by tpmx on Monday March 29, 2021 @03:09AM (#26618511)
They have a fleet of ~13 dredgers of different types:

https://www.dredgepoint.org/dredging-database/owners/suez-ca...

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