Published: 07 Aug 2015 - 11:01 pm | Last Updated: 12 Jan 2022 - 12:45 am
The ship taken by the Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, traverses the new additions to the Suez Canal during the opening ceremonies, at Ismailia, Egypt. The latest addition to the canal comes in at 35km new canal and the widening of a further 37km of old canal completed in under a year, with an estimated cost of $8.5bn.