Expansion of the Suez Canal

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:infrastructure
gptkbp:announced	gptkb:Abdel_Fattah_el-Sisi
gptkbp:completedIn	August 2015
gptkbp:cost	about $8.2 billion
gptkbp:expectedImpact	boost Egyptian economy increase annual revenue increase daily ship transits
gptkbp:expectedShipCapacity	from 49 to 97 ships per day
gptkbp:expectedWaitingTimeReduction	from 18 hours to 11 hours
gptkbp:fundedBy	Egyptian citizens (through investment certificates)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Expansion of the Suez Canal
gptkbp:inaugurated	6 August 2015
gptkbp:lengthAdded	about 35 km of new channel
gptkbp:location	Suez Canal, Egypt
gptkbp:mainContractor	gptkb:Arab_Contractors gptkb:Orascom_Construction gptkb:Egyptian_Armed_Forces_Engineering_Authority
gptkbp:notableProject	canal deepening canal widening new parallel channel
gptkbp:opened	gptkb:Abdel_Fattah_el-Sisi
gptkbp:purpose	increase canal capacity reduce waiting time for ships
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Suez_Canal
gptkbp:startDate	August 2014
gptkbp:totalLengthAfterExpansion	about 193 km
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Arab_Contractors
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7