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Last month the marine traffic in the Suez Canal is diminished of 0.7%
The cargo volume on the ships in transit piled to 61,1 million tons (+3.9%), of which 31,6 million north-south (+14.7%) and 29,6 million in that south-north (- 5.5% transported in the direction)
August 9, 2012
Last month the marine traffic in the Suez Canal has remained almost stable having totaled 1,465 ships, with a decrease of 11 units regarding July 2011. The oil tankers journeyed in the channel have been 289 (+2.5%) for a net tonnage total of 11,1 million tons (+24.5%), while the ships of other type have been 1,176 (- 1.5%) for a net tonnage of 67,2 million tons (- 3.8%). They have turned out down the transits of portacontainer (- 15.3% of the number of ships and -4,4% of the correspondent net tonnage) and the ships for which liquified natural gas (- 41.8% ships and -43,3% tonnage).
The transported total cargo volume from the ships in transit is piled to 61,1 million tons (+3.9%), of which 31,6 million tons in the direction north-south (+14.7%) and 29,6 million tons in that south-north (- 5.5%). The cargos transported in the direction southbound were constituted of oil and producing oil for 3,7 million tons (+41.0%) and of other goods for 27,9 million tons (+11.9%), while those transported in the direction northbound were constituted by oil and producing oil for 7,0 million tons (+19,5) and by other goods for 22,6 million tons (- 11.3%).
In the first seven months of the 2012 channel Egyptian it is crossed altogether by 10.038 ships, with a bending of 1.4% regarding 10.184 ships in the January-July period last year. The oil tankers have been 2,104 (+5.7%) and the ships of other type 7,934 (- 3.2%).
In the first seven months of this year the ships journeyed transported 431,4 million tons of goods, with an increment of 9.7% regarding the same period of 2011. The goods on the ships in transit in the direction north-south piled to 226,4 million tons (+20.8%) and those on the ships in transit in the direction south-north to 205,0 million tons (- 0.4%). Of the goods journeyed in the direction southbound, the volume of oil and producing oil was of 40,4 million tons (+62.6%) and that of the other goods of 186,0 million tons (+14.5%). Of the goods journeyed in the direction northbound, the volume of oil and producing oil was of 41,7 million tons (+24.2%) and that of the other goods of 163,3 million tons (- 5.2%).
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Last month the marine traffic in the Suez Canal has remained almost stable having totaled 1,465 ships, with a decrease of 11 units regarding July 2011. The oil tankers journeyed in the channel have been 289 (+2.5%) for a net tonnage total of 11,1 million tons (+24.5%), while the ships of other type have been 1,176 (- 1.5%) for a net tonnage of 67,2 million tons (- 3.8%). They have turned out down the transits of portacontainer (- 15.3% of the number of ships and -4,4% of the correspondent net tonnage) and the ships for which liquified natural gas (- 41.8% ships and -43,3% tonnage).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
