[Belt and Road] China Enterprises steadily promoted the Suez Canal Railway Bridge Project

On both sides of the Suez Canal in Egypt, with the operation of the rotating device with a weight of 9,000 tons, the two sections of railway bridges slowly rotated horizontally. 18 minutes later, the two bridges achieved precise docking at the center of the canal, marking the completion of the structure of the Suez Canal's old railway bridge. The Egyptian worker Carrim Mohammed at the construction site couldn't help feeling: "Whether it is railway measurement or the installation and welding of bridge steel structures, Chinese technology is too advanced!"

The Suez Canal starts from the north of the north and south to Suez City. It is an important international sea transportation channel connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean and the three continents of Eurasia. In 2015, in order to solve the problem of increasing congestion of the canal, the Egyptian government opened a 72 -kilometer new canal in the east side of the Suez Canal to expand its traffic capacity and create new economic growth points.

There is a single -line railway bridge on the Suez Canal. It was built in 2001 and connected to the Eslielian and Sinai Peninsula. This is a typical flat -turning railway bridge, which is connected by two symmetrical bridges. Usually, the two bridges are hung on both sides of the canal, which is convenient for ships to pass. When the train needs to pass, the two bridges can form railway tracks through horizontal rotation docking. With the rapid development of the Egyptian economy, the capacity of the old railway bridge can no longer meet the needs of the economic development of the Suez Canal Corridor. Coupled with the years of disrepair and mechanical aging, the Egyptian government has decided to build a new railway bridge on the new canal, and the old will be the old. Railway bridge is transformed into dual -line traffic to improve the efficiency.

The new railway bridge construction and the old bridge renovation project were jointly implemented by China Sichuan Highway Bridge Construction Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Sichuan Road Bridge") and China Building Materials Group Co., Ltd. China Materials Group Co., Ltd. Since its launch in October 2018, the Chinese team has conducted multiple research and demonstrations and adjustments to design and construction plans. "The renovation of the old railway bridge is the difficulty of the project. It needs to be replaced and added more than 3,500 steel structure components, weighing 5,000 tons, and the welding length exceeds 20,000 meters. The technical difficulty is very difficult. There is no experience in the world." Gou Yong, the person in charge of the Sichuan Road and Bridge project.

The Chinese team carried out technical research on the key devices required by the bridge in the docking process, and used the digital control system to shorten the docking time from the original 25 minutes to within 18 minutes. After overcoming the adverse effects of high temperature, day and night temperature difference between day and night, and wind sand, the main structure of the old railway bridge was completed at the end of May this year, and it has entered the end of the affiliated project.

The construction of the railway bridge on the Xinli River is also steadily promoting. "After the completion of the new railway bridge, the traffic time on both sides of the Xinli River will be shortened from the fastest round and fastest to the fastest to and from the railway transportation for 3 minutes. The project manager He Zhongjian said that after the completion of the new railway bridge, it will effectively promote the connection between the two continents of Asia and Africa, which will be of great significance to the construction of the "Belt and Road" and the promotion of the Suez Canal Corridor.

"Chinese enterprises are trustworthy." Misba, the owner of the Egyptian owner, said: "Under the circumstances of raging epidemic and unstable international situation, the railway bridge project has steadily advanced, fully showing the technical strength and responsibility of Chinese enterprises."

In the process of project promotion, Chinese companies pay attention to cultivating local Egyptian employees. At the peak construction period, Egyptian employees accounted for more than 80%. Carim went to work in the project in 2020 and was responsible for engineering measurement. "Under the guidance of Master Chinese, I learned to use the full station, global positioning system, and level instrument. Thank you very much for Chinese colleagues to help me improve their skills." Carim said that after the project is completed Economic development, "our life will get better and better."

Mohammed Ibrahim, the project manager of the Bridge Department of the Egyptian Railway Administration, said that after the completion of the Xinli River Railway Bridge, it will open up the local railway transportation channel, accelerate the circulation of large goods, and effectively promote the construction of the Suez Canal Corridor and help Egypt's "2030 vision".

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