This is confirmed by one alternative measure: the amount of cargo passing through the Suez Canal in Egypt.

这也可以得到一个另类指标的印证：经过埃及苏伊士运河的货物总量。

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Egypt is an oil importer, but ACTS as a vital conduit between the huge oilfields in the Persian Gulf and markets in Europe, via the Suez Canal and through the SUMED pipeline.

埃及是个石油进口国，但它却是连接起波斯湾大量油田和欧洲市场的关键运油通道，此通道途经苏伊士运河和苏麦德石油管道。

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Turmoil in Egypt spooked oil traders last month, threatening to close the Suez Canal.

埃及上月的动荡令苏伊士运河面临被关闭的风险，这让石油交易员们惊慌。

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And Egypt controls the Suez Canal.

VOA: special.2011.02.04

Suez Canal, Egypt, 1974: I was with the Second Egyptian Army, who, at the end of the Yom Kippur War managed to cross the Suez Canal and establish a bridgehead there.

BBC: Rene Burri in colour

He said he had planned to take the boat through the Suez Canal to Alexandria, Egypt.

BBC: Arms ship captain acted 'under orders'

Through the war, Israel secured its maritime rights in the Suez Canal and weakened significantly Egypt's regular and irregular forces in Sinai and Gaza.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Reconsidering the Suez Campaign