Suez canal extension

30 miles

30 km

Mediterranean

Sea

Suez

Fayed

Port Said

Ismailia

Giza

Banha

Cairo

New channel

Suez canal

Gulf of

Suez

Sinai

peninsula

Great Bitter

Lake

El Ballah bypass

River

Nile

Egypt

12

Months taken to complete project by August 2015

 

11

Hours taken for a southbound transit (down from 18)

 

97

Number of ships per day by 2023 (up from 49)

 

72 km

Length of new channel and bypasses

 

$13.2bn

Projected revenue by 2023 (up from $5.3bn)

 

$8.5bn

Money raised for canal expansion project

 

30 miles

30 km

Mediterranean

Sea

Suez

Fayed

Port Said

Ismailia

Giza

Banha

Cairo

New channel

Suez canal

Gulf of

Suez

Sinai

peninsula

Great Bitter

Lake

El Ballah bypass

River

Nile

Egypt

12

Months taken to complete project by August 2015

 

11

Hours taken for a southbound transit (down from 18)

 

97

Number of ships per day by 2023 (up from 49)

 

72 km

Length of new channel and bypasses

 

$13.2bn

Projected revenue by 2023 (up from $5.3bn)

 

$8.5bn

Money raised for canal expansion project

 

30 miles

30 km

Mediterranean

Sea

Suez

Fayed

Port Said

Ismailia

Giza

Banha

Cairo

New channel

Suez canal

Gulf of

Suez

Sinai

peninsula

Great Bitter

Lake

El Ballah bypass

River

Nile

Egypt

12

Months taken to complete project

by August 2015

 

11

Hours taken for a southbound transit (down from 18)

 

97

Number of ships per day by 2023

(up from 49)

 

72 km

Length of new

channel and

bypasses

 

$13.2bn

Projected revenue by 2023

(up from $5.3bn)

 

$8.5bn

Money raised for canal expansion project

 

30 miles

30 km

Mediterranean

Sea

Suez

Fayed

Port Said

Ismailia

Giza

Banha

Cairo

New channel

Suez canal

Gulf of

Suez

Sinai

peninsula

Great Bitter

Lake

El Ballah bypass

River

Nile

Egypt

12

Months taken to complete project by August 2015

 

11

Hours taken for a southbound transit (down from 18)

 

97

Number of ships per day by 2023 (up from 49)

 

72 km

Length of new channel and bypasses

 

$13.2bn

Projected revenue by 2023

(up from $5.3bn)

 

$8.5bn

Money raised for canal expansion project