The expansion of the Suez Canal (built in just one year instead of three) will allow the transit to the new generation ships (now obligated to circumnavigate Africa through Cape of Good Hope due to their size), reducing the transit time from 18 to 11 hours and thus facilitating the Canal commercial trades ( they’re expecting an income of almost 12 billion USD).
The opening ceremony of August 06, 2015 was maned by more than 10 thousands cops and army security forces while Aida was played to pay homage to Italy.
THE NEW SUEZ CANAL: A NEW EXCELLENCE AT THE SERVICE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE.