The Suez Canal's 10 km extension is now operational, enhancing its capacity to accommodate an additional six to eight vessels ...

The Suez Canal Authority, led by Chairman Osama Rabie, announced the issuance of navigational maps for a planned 10-kilometer ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Suez Canal Authority's chairman, Osama Rabie, said on Monday that navigational maps for the planned 10km (6.2 mile) canal extension were issued. Rabie's statement said that ...

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The change involved is not just giving a tanker captain a different map and saying “get on with it.” Because of the relative size of the Suez Canal, there are different sizes of tankers ...