The authority expects a gradual return to normal traffic from late March and a full recovery by the middle of this year.
Rabie has said that the extension project will increase the canal's capacity by between six and eight vessels per day ...
The Suez Canal's 10 km extension is now operational, enhancing its capacity to accommodate an additional six to eight vessels ...
While the head of the Suez Canal expects shipping to normalize by late March, container shipping lines see a longer timeline.
Chairman Osama Rabie said the EGP 9 billion development project in the southern sector of the Suez Canal has been completed.