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Last month the marine traffic in the Suez Canal is diminished of 0.6%
In the first trimester of 2011 an increment of 3.7% is recorded altogether
April 11, 2011
Last month the Suez Canal is crossed by 1.458 ships, with a decrease of 0.6% regarding 1.466 ships in March 2010. The oil tankers have been 300 units (- 2.9%) and the ships of other type 1,158 units (0%). The ships journeyed in the channel Egyptian altogether transported almost 55,6 million tons of goods (+3,5), of which 28,2 million tons in the direction north-south (+1.8%) and 27,4 million tons in the direction south-north (+4.9%).
In the first trimester of 2011 in the channel they are journeyed altogether 4,295 ships, with an increment of 3.7% regarding 4.141 ships in the first three months last year. The oil tankers have been 849 units (+0.5%) and the ships of other type 3,446 units (+4.6%). The journeyed ships altogether transported 160,1 million tons, with an increment of 5.7% on the first trimester 2010, of which 77,3 million tons in the direction north-south (+0.2%) and 82,9 million tons in that south-north (+11.4%).
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Last month the Suez Canal is crossed by 1.458 ships, with a decrease of 0.6% regarding 1.466 ships in March 2010. The oil tankers have been 300 units (- 2.9%) and the ships of other type 1,158 units (0%). The ships journeyed in the channel Egyptian altogether transported almost 55,6 million tons of goods (+3,5), of which 28,2 million tons in the direction north-south (+1.8%) and 27,4 million tons in the direction south-north (+4.9%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
