{"id":7204,"date":"2020-04-01T17:49:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T14:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/egypts-suez-canal-shipping-unaffected-by-coronavirus\/7204\/"},"modified":"2020-04-01T17:49:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T14:49:39","slug":"egypts-suez-canal-shipping-unaffected-by-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/egypts-suez-canal-shipping-unaffected-by-coronavirus\/7204\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt’s Suez Canal Shipping Unaffected by Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Traffic in Egypt’s Suez Canal has so far been unaffected by the spread of the coronavirus, the chief of its authority said on Wednesday, citing a 4.6% increase year-on-year in the number of ships passing through.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The canal is the fastest shipping route between Europe and Asia and one of the Egyptian government’s main sources of foreign currency.<\/p>\n

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The container shipping industry, a bellwether for international trade, has been blown off course by the new virus, which brought parts of China to a standstill before spreading around the world, leading container lines to re-route cargoes and reduce calls to Chinese ports.<\/p>\n

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However, the number of ships passing through the canal in the first quarter of 2020 increased by 8.4% compared with the same period a year prior, Osama Rabie said.<\/p>\n

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Suez Canal revenues increased to $458.2 million in February compared with $433.9 million during the same month last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Momen Saeed Atallah; Writing by Nadine Awadalla; Editing by Alex Richardson)<\/em><\/p>\n

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