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In the first trimester of the 2013 marine traffic in the Suez Canal it is diminished of 9.6%
The cargo volume transported from the ships in transit is dropped of 4.1%
April 16, 2013
In the first trimester of the 2013 Suez Canal it is crossed altogether by 3.929 ships, with a decrease of 9.6% regarding 4.347 ships journeyed in the same period last year. The oil tankers have been 821 units (- 12.8%) and the ships of other type 3,108 units (- 8.8%).
In the first three months of this year the ships in transit in the channel Egyptian transported a total of 176. , 4 million tons of cargos, with a decrease of 4.1% regarding 184,0 million tons in the period January-March of 2012. The ships in transit in the direction north-south transported cargos for 91,7 million tons (- 6.8%), while those in transit in the opposite direction transported 84,7 million tons (- 1.0%).
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