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Last month the Suez Canal has recorded an light rise of the transits of ships
increment (+0.4%) is determined by increase (+13.6%) of the number of oil tankers
June 17, 2013
To May 2013, thanks to the increase of the number of oil tankers, the Suez Canal is returned to record an light increase of the transits of ships after 13 consecutive months of bending of the marine traffic in the water way Egyptian.
Last month the ships journeyed in the channel have been 1,431 units, in increase of 0.4% regarding 1.425 ships in May last year. The oil tankers are piled to 333 units (+13.6%) and the ships of other type to 1.098 units (- 3.0%). Net tonnage of the ships that are journeyed in the channel is attested altogether 79,7 million to tons (+1.9%), of which 14,6 million relative tons to oil tankers (+22.5%) and 65,1 million tons to other ships (- 1.8%).
In the first five months of the 2013 channel Egyptian it is crossed by a total of 6.721 ships, with a decrease of 6.9% regarding 7.216 ships in the period January-May of 2012. The oil tankers have been 1,444 units (- 5.9%) and the ships of other type 5,277 units (- 7.1%).
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To May 2013, thanks to the increase of the number of oil tankers, the Suez Canal is returned to record an light increase of the transits of ships after 13 consecutive months of bending of the marine traffic in the water way Egyptian.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
