As part of the navigational services the Suez Canal Authority provides, the SCA has decided to modify the hire values for escort and imposed tugboats to be as shown at the tables below:
- Escort tugboats are hired at a unified rate SDR 10,000 per each individual tugboat .

- Imposed tugboats are hired at a unified rate of SDR 22,000 for the entire trip of
the tugboats from one end of the Canal to the other .

- A unified rate of USD 8, 500 is to be applied for each single berthing or set  sail operation at Suez oil quay .

- A cancelled tugboat request at Suez oil quay shall be fined as follows :
a. USD 1,250 before tug operation
b. USD 2,750 after tug operation .

- The hire of harbor tugs for incoming and outgoing vessels at Port Said :

    USD 100/tug for vessels up to 2,500 SCNT
    USD 125/tug for vessels up to 5,000 SCNT
    USD 200/tug for vessels up to 10,000 SCNT
    USD 300/tug for vessels up to 20,000 SCNT
    USD 400/tug for vessels up to 30,000 SCNT
    USD 500/tug for vessels up to 50,000 SCNT
    USD 600/tug for vessels of more than 50,000 SCNT

Tugboats imposed on American warships and on ships chartered by the US Embassy in the Arab Republic of Egypt :
- The inclusive charges per each imposed tugboat, plus the charges for pilotage and motorboats are modified to become USD 40,000 ( inclusive )
- The charge for a fire-fighting tugboat shall be modified to become USD 60,000/tug

The hire of tugboat " Port Said " :

The hire rate of tugboat Port Said, within Canal waters, is modified to become :
- USD 1,850 / hour
- USD 75,000 / day as an imposed tug from one end of the Canal to the other .

Daily hire rates for tugs "Baraka 1" and "Ezzat Adel" :

- The daily hire rate for either "Baraka 1 " or "Ezzat Adel" is minimum of USD 100,000/day .

- In case the hire period exceeds a day and the towage operation lasted for more than 24 hours, charges are calculated on an hourly basis at the rate of USD
3,500/hour during official working hours However, a 10% increase shall be added after the official working hours

The above new values for relative navigational services are effective from Janauary 1st, 2014
Source: Suez Canal Authority