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“We have finished 85 percent of the dredging works and the rest will be completed by July 15,” says Mohab Memish, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority.
Egypt plans to inaugurate a “new Suez Canal” maritime route on Aug. 6, aimed at speeding up traffic along the existing waterway.
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