Suez Canal’s daily traffic rate reaches all-time record

Cairo, Traffic passing through Egypt’s Suez Canal on Saturday reached an all-time record per day in the waterway’s history, with a record of 89 ships carrying a total net tonnage of 5.2 million tons passed through the Canal in both directions.

In a statement, Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairman Osama Rabie, said that a total of 44 ships had passed through the canal from the north with a net tonnage of three million tons, while 45 ships crossed from the south with a net tonnage of 2.2 million tons.

Source: Bahrain News Agency