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