Editing Suez Canal (section)

=== Bypass expansion ===
[[File:New Suez Canal.jpeg|thumb|2015 additions to the canal]]
In 2014, months after taking office as [[President of Egypt]], [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]] ordered the expansion of the Ballah Bypass from {{convert|61|m}} wide to {{convert|312|m}} wide for {{convert|35|km}}. The project was called the [[New Suez Canal]], as it allows ships to transit the canal in both directions simultaneously.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/completes-waterway-egypt394813.aspx|title=Egypt Completes New Waterway in Suez Canal|first=Aiswarya|last=Lakshmi|date=17 July 2015|access-date=6 August 2015|agency=MarineLink|archive-date=20 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720233652/http://www.marinelink.com/news/completes-waterway-egypt394813.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/3/12/135544/Business/Economy/Egypt-completes-dredging-for-new-waterway-in-Suez-.aspx|title=Egypt completes dredging for new waterway in Suez Canal|date=16 July 2015|access-date=6 August 2015|work=Al-Ahram|archive-date=22 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822122420/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/3/12/135544/Business/Economy/Egypt-completes-dredging-for-new-waterway-in-Suez-.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> The project cost more than LE 59.4 billion (US$9 billion) and was completed within a year. Sisi declared the expanded channel open to business in a ceremony on 6 August 2015.<ref name=":6"/>