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Egypt spent US$8 billion on the canal extension, which was completed two years ahead of schedule. The construction of the new waterway, which runs alongside most of the existing canal, began less than a year ago. Numerous container ships sailed through as part of the trial,...

Egypt’s Ambassador to Namibia, Mahmoud Fawzy Abou Dounya, who held a small reception at the Egyptian Embassy in Windhoek, said the extension would create “a new canal parallel to the existing Suez Canal and double the waterway to facilitate traffic in two directions”.