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Last month the marine traffic in the Suez Canal is diminished of 1.0%
The cargos transported from the ships in the direction north-south are increased of 22.4% and those in the direction south-north are dropped of 5.9%
September 10, 2012
The Suez Canal has recorded for the fifth consecutive month a decrease of the marine traffic journeyed in the water way Egyptian having totaled last month a traffic of 1.522 ships, with a decrease of 1.0% regarding 1.537 ships in August 2011. The oil tankers have been 318 (- 0.9%) and the ships of other type 1,204 (- 1.0%).
The ships journeyed in the channel transported cargos for a total of 65,6 million tons, with an increment of 7.1% regarding 61,2 million tons in August last year. The cargos on the ships in transit in the direction north-south are piled to 34,5 million tons (+22.4%) and those on the ships in transit in the direction south-north to 31,1 million tons, with a contraction of 5.9% that represents the fifth consecutive reduction of the journeyed cargo volumes in the direction northbound.
In the first eight months of the 2012 in the channel Egyptian they are journeyed altogether 11,560 ships, with a bending of 1.4% regarding the same period last year. The oil tankers have been 2,422 (+4.8%) and the ships of other type 9,138 (- 2.9%). The ships in transit transported altogether 497,0 million tons of goods, with a progression of 9.3% regarding 454,5 million tons in the period January-August of 2011. The ships in transit in the direction north-south transported 260,9 million tons (+21.1%) and those in the direction south-north 236,1 million tons (- 1.2%).
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The Suez Canal has recorded for the fifth consecutive month a decrease of the marine traffic journeyed in the water way Egyptian having totaled last month a traffic of 1.522 ships, with a decrease of 1.0% regarding 1.537 ships in August 2011. The oil tankers have been 318 (- 0.9%) and the ships of other type 1,204 (- 1.0%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
