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In the first nine months of the 2012 marine traffic in the Suez Canal it is diminished of 1.4%
The cargo volume transported from the fleet in transit is increased of 8.8%
October 11, 2012
In the first nine months of the 2012 Suez Canal it is crossed altogether by 12.996 ships, with a decrease of the 1.4% regarding the correspondent period last year. The journeyed oil tankers have been 2,706 units (+3.8%) and the ships of other type 10,290 units (- 2.7%). The ships in transit transported totally a volume of loaded pairs to 557,7 million tons, with an increase of 8.8% on the period January-september of 2011, of which 291,7 million tons transported from the ships in transit in the direction north-south (+20.2%) and 265,9 million tons from those in transit in the direction south-north (- 1.4%).
Last month the channel Egyptian is crossed by 1.436 ships, with a contraction of 2.0% regarding the september 2011, of which 284 oil tankers (- 4.1%) and 1,152 ships of other type (- 1.4%). The ships in transit transported 60,7 million tons of cargos (+4.6%), of which 30,9 million in the direction north-south (+13.7%) and 29,8 million in the direction south-north (- 3.3%).
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In the first nine months of the 2012 Suez Canal it is crossed altogether by 12.996 ships, with a decrease of the 1.4% regarding the correspondent period last year. The journeyed oil tankers have been 2,706 units (+3.8%) and the ships of other type 10,290 units (- 2.7%). The ships in transit transported totally a volume of loaded pairs to 557,7 million tons, with an increase of 8.8% on the period January-september of 2011, of which 291,7 million tons transported from the ships in transit in the direction north-south (+20.2%) and 265,9 million tons from those in transit in the direction south-north (- 1.4%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
