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Last month the marine traffic in the Suez Canal is diminished of 1.8%
The volume of the goods transported from the ships in transit is increased of 9.1%
March 12, 2012
Last month the marine traffic in the Suez Canal has recorded a bending of 1.8%. The channel Egyptian in fact is crossed by 1.328 ships regarding 1.352 in February 2011. The oil tankers have been 288 (+14.7%) and the ships of other type 1,040 (- 5.5%).
Last month the ships in transit in the channel transported 56,1 million tons of goods, with an increase of 9.1% regarding February 2011. The cargo volumes transported in the direction north-south are piled to 30,5 million tons (+22.6%) and those in the direction south-north to 25,6 million tons (- 3.5%). The oil cargos of oil and producing transported in both the directions have been 11,1 million tons (+54.6%) and the cargos of other type 45,0 million tons (+1.7%).
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Last month the marine traffic in the Suez Canal has recorded a bending of 1.8%. The channel Egyptian in fact is crossed by 1.328 ships regarding 1.352 in February 2011. The oil tankers have been 288 (+14.7%) and the ships of other type 1,040 (- 5.5%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
