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Asharq Al-Awsat
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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Egypt s suez canal records all time highest daily traffic rate on saturday - What They Never Told You

A shipping container passes through the Suez Canal in Suez, Egypt February 15, 2022. Picture taken February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

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

Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairman Osama Rabea said in a statement that a total of 44 ships had passed through the canal from the north with a net tonnage of three million tons.

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