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In the first semester of the 2012 Suez Canal it has recorded the transits of 8.573 ships (- 1.6%)
the cargo volumes that have crossed the water way are piled to 370,2 million tons (+10.7%)
July 12, 2012
In the first semester of this year the marine traffic in the Suez Canal is piled to 8.573 ships, with a decrease of 1.6% regarding 8.708 ships journeyed in the first half of 2011. To cross the water way Egyptian they have been 1,815 oil tankers, with an increment of 6.3% on the first six months last year, and 6,758 ships of other type (- 3.5%).
In the first six months of the 2012 ships journeyed in the channel transported volumes of cargo pairs to altogether 370,2 million tons, with an increase of 10.7% regarding 334,4 million tons in the correspondent period last year. The oil oil and producing cargos of are piled to 71,4 million tons (+42.9%) and cargos of other goods to 298,9 million tons (+5.1%).
In the first semester of this year the ships journeyed in the direction north-south transported 194,8 million tons of cargos (+21.9%), of which 36,7 million oil tons of oil and producing (to +65.1%) and 158,1 million tons of other goods (+14.9%), while those journeyed in the direction northbound altogether transported 175,4 million tons (+0.5%), of which 34,7 million oil tons of oil and producing (to +25.1%) and 140,8 million tons of other goods (- 4.2%).
In the single month of june of this year the Suez Canal is crossed by 1.357 ships, with a bending of 9.3% regarding 1.497 ships in June 2011. The oil tankers have been 280 units (- 7.0%) and the ships of other type 1,077 units (- 10.0%).
Last month the ships journeyed in the channel transported a total of 61,8 million tons, with a progression of 4.6% regarding june 2011. In the report southbound they are journeyed 30,4 million tons of cargos (+10.9%) and northbound in the report 31,4 million tons (- 0.9%).
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In the first semester of this year the marine traffic in the Suez Canal is piled to 8.573 ships, with a decrease of 1.6% regarding 8.708 ships journeyed in the first half of 2011. To cross the water way Egyptian they have been 1,815 oil tankers, with an increment of 6.3% on the first six months last year, and 6,758 ships of other type (- 3.5%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
