Egypt is expanding the Suez Canal with a new 10-kilometer extension to address navigational challenges and increase capacity. The project aims to minimize the impact of currents on shipping and enhance safety after incidents like the Ever Given blockage in 2021.
Egypt has tested a new 10-kilometre extension to the Suez Canal as it tries to minimise the impact of currents on shipping and increase the key waterway’s capacity. Authority chief Osama Rabie said the development in the canal’s southern region will “enhance navigational safety and reduce the effects of water and air currents on passing ships”. Vessels navigating the waterway have at times run aground, mostly because of strong winds and sandstorms.
In 2021, giant container ship Ever Given became wedged diagonally in the canal, blocking trade for nearly a week and resulting in delays that cost billions of dollars. The new extension is set to boost the canal’s capacity by six to eight vessels a day, Rabie said, and it will open after new navigational maps are issued. In 2015, Egypt undertook an US$8-billion (RM36 billion) expansion to the waterway, followed by several smaller development projects. The Suez Canal has long been a vital source of foreign currency for Egypt that has been undergoing its worst ever economic crisis. According to the International Monetary Fund, revenue from the canal has been slashed by up to 70 per cent since last year because of attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels on shipping in the Red Sea. Before the attacks pushed companies to change routes, the vital passage accounted for around 10 per cent of global maritime trade
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