Update: New Suez Canal has trial run while further dredging gets go-ahead
The first three container ships have passed through Egypt’s second Suez Canal in an “experimental operation” ahead of the waterway’s official opening on 6 August.
Additionally, dredging plans have been approved for an access channel, which will allow two-way traffic to and from Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT).
The first vessel was an American ship, heading to Port Said from Saudi Arabia; another was a Maersk ship sailing to the US from Singapore, and a Bahraini ship headed for Italy from Saudi Arabia.
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