Watch: Timelapse Of New Suez Canal Transit

Checkout the time lapse video which was created while transiting northbound the New Suez Canal.

Background:

The new Suez Canal adds a new 35-kilometre-long (22 mi) second shipping lane in the existing 164-kilometre-long (102 mi) canal, allowing for separated passing of ships in opposite directions. It also includes the deepening and expansion of a 37-kilometre-long (23 mi) section of the existing canal.

The enlarged capacity allows ships to sail in both directions at the same time over much of the canal’s length. Beforehand, much of the canal was only one shipping lane wide, with limited wider basins for passing. This is expected to decrease waiting time from 11 hours to 3 hours for most ships, and to increase the capacity of the Suez Canal from 49 to 97 ships a day.

(Source – wikipedia)

Reference: Beyond Vision Aerial Filmmaking/YouTube

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