Rabie has said that the extension project will increase the canal's capacity by between six and eight vessels per day
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The new 10 km (6.2 mile) extension to Egypt's Suez Canal is now operational, the Canal Authority's Chairman Osama Rabie said in a statement on Tuesday.
Rabie has said that the extension project will increase the canal's capacity by between six and eight vessels per day.
(Reporting by Yusri Mohammed, Wrtiting by Jana Choukeir)
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