VOL. XXXIX

No. 21

19-February-1996

EGYPT

Suez Canal Revenue Up 1.57% In 1995

The revenue of the Suez Canal increased by 1.57% to $1,943mn in 1995 from $1,913mn in 1994, according to information released by Egypt's Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center. The increase came despite a fall in both the tonnage and number of vessels transiting the Canal. The tonnage fell by 1.37% to 360mn tons in 1995 from 365mn tons in 1994, and the number of vessels dropped by 8.12% to 15,041 in...