Egypt’s new Suez Canal will be formally inaugurated on August 6, reports Reuters news agency.
The first cargo ships passed through the new canal on Saturday in a test-run before it opens next month, 11 months after the army began constructing the US$8-billion canal alongside the existing 145-year-old Suez Canal.
Three container ships crossed the new waterway, state news agency MENA reported. One was an American ship heading to Egypt's Port Said from Saudi Arabia, another was a Danish ship sailing to the United States from Singapore, and a Bahraini ship going to Italy from Saudi Arabia.
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