Greece’s Corinth Canal, which links the Saronic Gulf and the Gulf of Corinth and is a popular short-cut for yachts, will re-open on May 1, 2024. The canal has been undergoing extensive rehabilitation works after landslides in 2021 resulted in the canal being closed to all marine traffic until the summer of 2023, when it opened for a few short months.

Published 6 months ago

Corinth Canal Closure Update:  April 29, 2024:

Corinth Canal S.A, informs its partners and customers that the Canal will be available for navigation from May 1st, 2024.

We would also like to inform customers that the new digital online services of the Canal will be available on the official Corinth Canal website, where the calculation of the crossing fees, the arrival announcement and the payment by credit or debit card through the Bank secure process “Pay By Link”, will be provided.

Please use this Link for Tolls Calculator – Arrival Announcement – Payment Fees

Corinth Canal Closure Update:  September 30, 2023:

The Corinth Canal SA, would like to inform our customers and partners that the Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport extended the canal operation until 31st of October 2023. Due to the extension, the restoration works will start again at November 1st and is estimated to be completed in March 2024.

Restoration Work Schedule: Corinth Canal S.A (A.E.DI.K)

Landslides cause closure in 2021

Opened in 1893, the Corinth Canal separates mainland Greece from the Peloponnese and is six kms (four miles) long and eight meters (26 ft) deep.  Since it opened, the Canal has provided the shortest and safest sea-lane for vessels coming from seaports of the Ionian sea, the Adriatic, Southern Italy and those passing through the Straits or Messina en route to Eastern Mediterranean ports and on to the Black Sea and vice versa.

The Canal was closed in January 2021, after suffering damage from landslides which made maritime passage through the canal impossible. Fortunately the remaining works on the Canal will take place in the off-season and June 1st saw the Canal re-opening to mairtime traffic until the end of September.

The Corinth Canal company said that the final stages of restoration work on the Canal will resume on October 1, 2023 and will continue until February 2024, when the waterway will return to normal 24-hour operation.

New Online Booking for the Corinth Canal

The Corinth Canal website [https://corinthcanal.com] now permits skippers to calucate crossing fees, make a booking, schedule a transit time and pay in advance by credit or debit card through the Bank-secure process “Pay By Link”.

For more information see the Tolls Calculator – Arrival Announcement – Payment Fees link on the Canal website.

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Related News:

• Corinth Canal Company: Canal Operating Extension (September 2023)
• Corinth Canal Company: Canal Re-opening Update
• Corinth Canal Closure Continues (Noonsite May 2021)
• The Greek Reporter:  Greece’s Suez Crisis
• The Greek Reporter:  Greece Vows to Re-open Canal
• The Greek Reporter: Corinth Canal Closed Temporarily after Landslide

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Related Links

• Corinth Canal – Noonsite
• Corinth Canal Tolls Calculator
• Corinth Canal Company

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