"Canal Istanbul detailed
News - May 6, 2011
Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbas said the new shipping canal proposed by Turkey would handle 150-160 ships per day, IHS World Markets Energy reported.
The waterway, proposed as an alternate to the cramped Bosporus, would take eight years to build for an estimated US$10 billion, Topbas added."
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