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Last month the marine traffic in the Suez Canal has recorded a bending of 4.9%
the ships journeyed in the water way Egyptian in the first semester of the 2013 transported 363,7 million tons of goods (- 1.8%)
July 24, 2013
Last month the marine traffic in the Suez Canal has recorded a bending of -4,9%. The water way Egyptian is crossed by 1.291 ships regarding 1.357 in June 2012, of which 292 oil tankers (+4.3%) and 999 ships of other type (- 7.2%).
In the first six months of the 2013 channel it is crossed altogether by 8.012 ships, with a decrease of the -6,6% regarding 8.574 ships in the first half last year. The oil tankers have been 1,736 units (- 4.4%) and the ships of other type 6,276 units (- 7.2%).
The ships journeyed in the channel Egyptian in the first semester of this year transported 363,7 million tons of cargos, with a contraction of 1.8% regarding the 370,2 million one tons in the first six months of 2012. The cargo volume transported from the ships in transit in the direction north-south is piled to 187,2 million tons (- 3.9%) and that transported from the ships in transit in the direction south-north to 176,5 million tons (+0.6%). In the single direction oil north-south the volume of oil and producing has totaled a decrease of -6,6% to the 34,3 million one tons, while that of the other types of goods is diminished of -3,3% to the 152,9 million one tons. In the direction south-north the oil oil and producing cargos of are increased of 16.5% 40,4 million to tons, while the total volume of the other types of goods is diminished of -3,3% to the 136,1 million one tons.
After a total reduction of the -4,1% of the cargo volumes transported in both the directions from the ships journeyed in the first trimester of 2013, in according to trimester of this year cargo volumes have recorded an light increment of 0.6% to 187,3 million tons (186,2 million in according to trimester 2012), of which 95,5 million tons transported in the direction north-south (- 0.9%) and 91,9 million tons in the direction south-north (+2.1%).
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Last month the marine traffic in the Suez Canal has recorded a bending of -4,9%. The water way Egyptian is crossed by 1.291 ships regarding 1.357 in June 2012, of which 292 oil tankers (+4.3%) and 999 ships of other type (- 7.2%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
