Revenue from Egypt’s Suez Canal rose 8.5 per cent to US$441.9 million in March from $407.4m in the same month a year ago. The waterway, the fastest shipping route between Europe and Asia, is one of Egypt’s main sources of foreign currency.
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A China Shipping Line container ship crosses the Suez Canal near the port city of Ismailia. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters -
A fisherman travels on a boat with his family in front of a Voyager K bulk carrier ship, left, and a Tokyo Marine tanker, right, in the Suez Canal. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters -
A military helicopter flies above a container ship in the Suez Canal. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters -
A fisherman travels on a boat in the Suez Canal. The waterway is one of Egypt’s main sources of foreign currency. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters -
A military helicopter flies above a container ship in the Suez Canal. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters -
A Tokyo Marine tanker crosses the Suez Canal near port city of Ismailia. The waterway, the fastest shipping route between Europe and Asia, is one of Egypt's main sources of foreign currency. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters -
Ships cross the Suez Canal, which is the fastest shipping route between Europe and Asia. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters -
A fisherman readies his fishing net in front of a French container in the Suez Canal. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters -
A Gaslog Skagen ship passes in the Suez Canal, the fastest shipping route between Europe and Asia and one of Egypt's main sources of foreign currency. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters
In pictures: Money flows into Egypt’s Suez Canal
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