The maximum sustainable capacity of the original canal, given some relatively minor improvement work, was estimated at 340 million PC/UMS tons per year; it was anticipated that this capacity would be reached between 2009 and 2012.
Maksimalni podnošljivi kapacitet sadašnjeg kanala, obzirom na neke manje popravke, se procjenjuje na 330 i 340 milijuna tona godišnje, a očekuje se da će se taj kapacitet dostići negdje između 2009. i 2012. godine.