Suez Canal toll revenues down

Suez Canal toll revenues fell by 4.4% in September, the first full month of operations since the waterway’s expansion was inaugurated.

Figures released by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) showed that toll revenues slipped to US$448.8m in September, down 4.4% from US$469.8% at the same time last year.

Overall in the first nine months of 2015, toll revenues totalled US$3.9bn, representing a 5.0% decrease from US$4.1bn over the same period last year.