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To August the Suez Canal has recorded the third consecutive month of the reduction of the marine traffic
In the first eight months of the 2013 transits of ships they are diminished of -6,4%
October 4, 2013
Last August, for the third consecutive month, the marine traffic in the Suez Canal has recorded a piled bending having been to 1.449 ships, with a contraction of the -4,8% regarding 1.522 ships journeyed in August 2012. The oil tankers have been 309 (- 2.8%) and the ships of other type 1,140 (- 5.3%). Net tonnage of the journeyed ships has been attested to altogether 80,8 million tons (- 1.7%), of which 12,1 million relative tons to the oil tankers (- 1.4%) and 68,7 million tons to other ships (- 1.8%).
In the first eight months of the 2013 in the channel Egyptian they are journeyed a total of 10.821 ships, with a decrease of -6,4% regarding 11.560 ships in the period January-August last year. The oil tankers have been 2,359 (- 2.6%) and the ships of other type 8,462 (- 7.4%). Net tonnage of the ships has totaled 601,0 million tons (- 3.1%), of which 96,8 million relative tons to oil tankers (+2.9%) and 504,2 million tons to the other ships (- 4.2%).
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