The seventh anniversary of the opening of the New Suez Canal, a single -day transit ship's number reached a record high

On August 6, local time, Usama Rabier, chairman of the Suez Canal Administration of Egypt, issued a statement saying that the number of single -day transit ships on the 6th day of the canal set a historical record.The total net tonnage reached nearly 5.2 million tons.

The New Suez Canal Project started in August 2014 and cost about 8.5 billion US dollars, with a total length of 72 kilometers. The project includes a new 35 -kilometer river channel, a widening and deeper 37 -kilometer old river channel.Meter.On August 6, 2015, the Egyptian government held a grand ceremony in the country's port city of Ismelia to celebrate the opening of the new Suez Canal.

(Source: CCTV News Client reporter Mi Chunze)

【Edit: Jinxin】

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