February 5, 2019
Admiral Mohab Mameesh, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority and Suez Canal economic zone announced that the Suez Canal witnessed the passage of 49 vessels, with a total load of 3.2 million tons.
The North witnessed the passage of 24 vessels with a total load of 1.5 million tons. The largest belonging to the Danish vessel “MILAN MAERSK” with a load of 221 thousand tons, departing from the United Kingdom to Singapore.
25 vessels passed from the South with a total load of 1.7 million tons; the largest belonging to the Danish vessel “ELEONORA MAERSK” with a load of 173 thousand tons, departing from China to Cairo.