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Suez Canal Authority To Raise Transit Fees

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

November 5, 2021

Credit: Carabay/AdobeStock

Credit: Carabay/AdobeStock

 Egypt plans to raise fees by 6% on ships transiting the Suez Canal in 2022, the canal authority's chairman Osama Rabie said on Thursday.

Tankers transporting liquefied natural gas and tourist cruise ships will be excluded from the fee hike, Rabie added.

 (Reporting by Momen Saeed Atallah; Writing by Shakeel Ahmad; Editing by Jan Harvey)

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