Egypt's Suez Canal revenues surged 17.1 percent year-on-year in November 2017, Suez Canal Authority chairman Mohab Mamish said Tuesday.

Mamish said the Canal revenues reached 455.8 million dollars in November 2017, compared with 389.9 million dollars during the same period last year.

The number of ships transiting the international waterway during November reached 1,506 up from 1,366 ships in November 2016, he noted.