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Last year the volume of the goods transported by the ships journeyed in the Suez Canal has grown of +2.0%
The marine traffic has recorded a bending of -3,6%
February 18, 2014
In entire the 2013 Suez Canal it is crossed by 16.596 ships, with a decrease of the -3,6% regarding 17.224 ships in the year precedence. Net tonnage of the journeyed ships is piled to 915. , 5 million tons, with a bending of the -1,4% on 2012.
Last year the ships that have crossed the channel Egyptian transported 754,5 million tons of goods, with an increment of +2.0% regarding 2012. The cargos transported in the direction north-south have been pairs to 387,9 million tons (+0.4%) and those transported in the direction south-north to 366,6 million tons (+3.7%). The total volume southbound and northbound of the transported volumes of oil and producing oil by the ships journeyed in the water way have been attested 153,5 million to tons, with a progression of +6.4% on the 2012 (single crude oil have been pairs to 75,2 million tons, +9.3%), while the volumes of the other types of goods are piled to 600,9 million tons, with an increase of +0.9% on 2012.
In the single month of December of the 2013 Suez Canal it is crossed by 1.429 ships, with an increase of +2.1% regarding the December 2012 (month in which era recorded a bending of the -11,2%). The journeyed ships last December transported altogether 65,9 million tons of goods (+7.9%), of which 35,6 million tons transported from the ships journeyed from north to south (+11.4%) and 30,3 million tons from the ships journeyed in the direction south-north (+4.1%).
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In entire the 2013 Suez Canal it is crossed by 16.596 ships, with a decrease of the -3,6% regarding 17.224 ships in the year precedence. Net tonnage of the journeyed ships is piled to 915. , 5 million tons, with a bending of the -1,4% on 2012.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
