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Suez Canal to open new route August 6



Egypt's new $4 billion Suez Canal route will officially open on August 6, according to a senior canal official.

The chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, Mohab Mamish, said that all dredging works at the new Suez Canal project would be completed in mid-July.

"Only 54 days are left for the opening ceremony of this mega economic project," Mamish said during a press briefing at the SCA headquarter in Egypt's Ismailia city. "Nearly 85 percent of the dredging work has been achieved."

Mamish reports that approximately 4,800 pieces of equipment were used and over 250 million cubic meters of dry sand were lifted since the project began last August.

In August 2014, Egypt launched a project to dig a

new 44-mile canal alongside the original 100 mile-long canal, enabling two-way traffic along a section of the waterway to decrease wait times. The Suez Canal is one of the most important waterways in the world, since it allows ships to travel between Europe and South Asia without navigating around Africa.

For more of the Global Times story: www.globaltimes.cn


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