* The expansion of the Suez Canal is due to be officially opened on August 5.
* According to the Suez Canal Authority, the new canal project raised US$8.5 billion for the expansion, against projected revenue by 2023 of $13.2bn.
* There are 72 kilometres of new channel and bypasses.
* A total of 97 ships per day will use the new canal by 2023, with an 11 hour southbound transit – down from 18hrs.
* By the opening date, the project will have taken 12 months.
* The project saw around one million cubic metres of sand per day being dredged to create the new parallel waterway.
* The largest dredging fleet in the world was mobilised for the project, with a workforce spanning 45 nationalities.
Eight interesting facts about Suez Canal project
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