*Suez Canal data show the impact of Covid-19 on global trade, and on a key revenue stream for Egypt. Both gross tonnage and revenue remained relatively buoyant to April but have since collapsed with June seeing multi-year lows (see charts).
*Both indicators hit quarterly records in Q4 last year: $1.48bn for revenue, falling to $1.32bn for Q2 2020; and gross tonnage of 315mn tons, falling to 281mn tons. Container traffic typically accounts for half total tonnage and oil tankers a further 25%. (CONTINUED - 181 WORDS)
