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Last month the marine traffic in the Suez Canal has recorded a bending of 2.0%
the goods transported by the ships is piled to 61,3 million tons (+6.0%)
May 9, 2012
: in the water way Egyptian, in fact, they are journeyed 1,444 ships regarding 1.474 in April 2011. The oil tankers have been 301 (+2.4%) and the ships of other type 1,143 (- 3.1%).
Altogether the ships in transit in the channel transported 61,3 million tons of cargos (+6.0% on the April 2011), of which 32,4 million tons in the direction north-south (+16.1%) and 28,9 million tons in the direction south-north (- 3.4%). The producing cargos of oil and oil are piled to altogether 10,9 million tons (+27.4%) and the other types of cargo to 50,4 million tons (+2.3%).
In the first quadrimestre of the 2012 Suez Canal it is crossed by 5.791 ships, with an increment of 0.4% regarding 5.769 ships in the correspondent period last year. The oil tankers have been 1,242 (+8.7%) and the ships of other type 4,549 (- 1.7%). The ships in transit transported 245,3 million tons of cargos (+12.5%), of which 130,8 million tons in the direction north-south (+24.4%) and 114,5 million tons in the direction south-north (+1.5%).
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: in the water way Egyptian, in fact, they are journeyed 1,444 ships regarding 1.474 in April 2011. The oil tankers have been 301 (+2.4%) and the ships of other type 1,143 (- 3.1%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
