On Saturday, the Suez Canal Authority experimented with success the simultaneous transit in opposite directions of two ships in the area of the Little Bitter Lake of the Egyptian canal as part of the project for the doubling of transits in the part of the canal between the 122 km and 132 km thanks to the execution of dredging. With the new works in this area, the length of the new canal, which was inaugurated in mid-2015 ( of 6 August 2015), has been increased by ten kilometres rising from 72 to 82. The Suez Canal Authority has highlighted that the new ten-kilometer section in which the transit of two ships in the opposite direction at the same time allows increase the overall traffic capacity of the channel Suez of an average of 6-8 ships per day as well as increase the ability to manage any emergencies.

In the new section of the canal in the area of the Little Bitter Lake the simultaneous transit of two non- as soon as the new navigation charts of the area will be published.