Egypt plans to build a new channel parallel to the Suez Canal to boost capacity

Egypt plans to build a new channel parallel to the Suez Canal to boost capacity

Mohab Mamish, head of the Suez Development Authority, said:

• The project will reduce maximum waiting hours for ships to three hours from 11 hours
• Construction of the new passage is scheduled to take three years, though President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has ordered it to be completed in a year

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OK then, you’ve got 1 year to do a 3 year job. Stop doing press conferences, get digging.

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