Suez Canal Authority

The Suez Canal Authority (Arabic: سلطة قناة السويس sulṭat qanāt as-sūways) is an agency of the Arab Union federal government which is responsible for the supervision and maintenance of the Suez Canal, as well as the regulation of the hundreds of businesses operating on the canal and coordinating the thousands of vessels accessing the canal daily. The Suez Canal Authority is headed by Chairwoman Maryam Khallouf, in office since September 2013; the chairperson is appointed by and answers to the Minister of Transportation.

The Suez Canal Authority has its headquarters in Port Said, Palestinian Arab Republic, in the same building which housed the headquarters of the former British Suez Canal Company.