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Last month in the Suez Canal they are journeyed 1,537 ships (- 7.4%)
The volume of the cargo has grown of 5.8% to beyond 61,2 million tons
September 12, 2011
Last month the marine traffic in the Suez Canal has recorded a bending of 7.4% being journeyed 1,537 ships regarding 1.659 in August 2010. The oil tankers have been 321 (- 4.8%) and the ships of other type 1,216 (- 8.0%).
Vice versa the volume of the goods has grown transported by the ships in transit in the channel piled Egyptian being to beyond 61,2 million tons, with an increment of 5.8% regarding 57,8 million tons in August last year. The goods transported in the direction north-south has attested to 28,2 million tons (+0.1%) and those in the direction south-north 33,1 million to tons (+11.3%).
Altogether the oil and the oil produced ones transported from the ships in transit in both the directions are piled to 9,2 million tons (+18.6%) and the goods of other types to 52,0 million tons (+3.9%).
In the first eight months of the 2011 Suez Canal it is crossed by 11.721 ships, with a decrease of 1.2% regarding the same period last year. The oil tankers have been 2,311 (- 0.9%) and the ships of other type 9,410 (- 1.3%).
In the period January-August of this year the cargos transported from the ships in transit are piled to 454,5 million tons (+6.5%), of which 215,5 million tons in direction southbound (+1.5%) and 239,0 million tons in direction northbound (+11.4%). The oil and the oil produced ones have totaled 67,6 million tons (+3.8%) and the goods of other type 386,8 million tons (+7.0%).
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Last month the marine traffic in the Suez Canal has recorded a bending of 7.4% being journeyed 1,537 ships regarding 1.659 in August 2010. The oil tankers have been 321 (- 4.8%) and the ships of other type 1,216 (- 8.0%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
