Suez Canal Reopens

World | November 10, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00

Egypt's Suez Canal has reopened for shipping traffic, three days after a broken-down oil tanker blocked the longest closure, for the first time in almost 30 years. The stranded Liberian-registered vessel has been shifted by tugs and is moving north, the Suez Canal Authority said. The tanker re-floated after some of its load was transferred to a smaller ship. More than 100 vessels have been waiting to use the strategic link between the Red Sea and Mediterranean, one of Egypt's most important revenue sources.

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