Head of Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish announced that 240 Ships weighing 13.9m tons have crossed through the canal in the last five days, Youm7 News reported Friday. Mamish pointed out that 125 ships weighing 6 million and 900 thousand tons have crossed from the north gate, adding that 115 ships weighing 7 million tons have crossed from the south. He added that the largest ship that crossed the canal from the north was the Danish ship "MARIT MAERSK" coming from Spain, heading to Malaysia weighing 200,000 tons, while the largest ship to cross from the south was the Maltese ship "AL MURAYKH" weighing also 200,000 tons.
