3 hours agoThe Suez Canal is expanding: Ambitious Work Begins After Ship Ever Given Blocked
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Egypt has started preparing work to expand the second lane that allows traffic in two directions in the Suez Canal after the infamous incident when it was stuck to the giant ship for six days. Suez Canal Authority [ SCA] announced last week that it was planning to expand the channel's second lane [...]
Suez Canal Authority [ The SCA announced last week that it was planning to expand the second lane of the canal that was opened in 2015 for 10 kilometers to make it 82 miles [82 km] long.
The work was launched after directives taken by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Asi “to immediately implement proposed development plans”, reports The Guardian, translated Periscope.
The sound of the huge 440m-long ship called Ever Given had blocked the passage of hundreds of other ships, thus banning world trade.
The new project will expand the two-way section.
Meanwhile, the ship Ever Given, still loaded with thousands of containers, is standing on the Great Lakewown between the two sides of the canal, following demands by the Egyptian authority of the Japanese company to pay the damages to the block that took place during March. /Periscope
