The Suez Canal Authority's chairman, Osama Rabie, said on Monday that navigational maps for the planned 10km (6.2 mile) canal extension were issued.

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The new stretch of the Suez Canal near Egypt's Little Bitter Lake will be operational in the first quarter of this year, the chairman of the canal authority Osama Rabie said on Tuesday.

An incredible new extension to the Suez Canal has passed its first test in a bid to turn around the Egyptian waterway's fortunes. Cairo announced it had succeeded in testing the 6.2 mile (10km ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Suez Canal Authority's chairman, Osama Rabie, said on Monday that navigational maps for the planned 10km (6.2 mile) canal extension were issued. Rabie's statement said that ...

Suez Expansion to ... the chairman of the canal authority Osama Rabie said on Tuesday. In a statement, Rabie said the navy would reissue navigational maps after adding the 10-km (6.2 mile ...