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To April the marine traffic in the Suez Canal is increased of +1.8%
the journeyed ships transported 66,8 million tons of goods (+8.7% altogether)
May 20, 2014
Last month the marine traffic in the Suez Canal has recorded an increment of +1.8% being journeyed 1,385 ships regarding 1.361 in April 2013. The increase is determined by the increase of 10.0% of the transits of oil tankers, that they are piled to 319 ships, while the ship of other type has totaled the fourth consecutive month of bending having been itself attested altogether to 1.066 ships (- 0.5%).
The ships journeyed last month in the channel Egyptian transported totally 66,8 million tons of goods, with an increment of +8.7% regarding 61,5 million tons in April last year. The cargo volumes transported from the ships journeyed in the direction north-south have been pairs to 32,2 million tons (+4.4%), while those transported from the ships journeyed in the opposite direction have been pairs to 34,6 million tons (+13.1%). Altogether the oil volumes of oil and producing transported by the ships journeyed in both the directions are piled to 14,4 million tons (+15.1%) and the volumes of other goods to 52,4 million tons (+7.1%).
In the first quadrimestre of the 2014 channel it is crossed by 5.396 ships, with an increase of +2.0% regarding 5.290 in the January-April period last year. The oil tankers have been 1,322 units (+19.0%) and the ships of other type 4,074 units (- 2.5%). The transported cargo volumes from the ships are piled to a total of 256,9 million tons (+8.0%), of which 129,5 million tons of cargos transported in the direction north-south (+5.6%) and 127,5 million tons of cargos transported in the direction south-north (+10.5%).
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Last month the marine traffic in the Suez Canal has recorded an increment of +1.8% being journeyed 1,385 ships regarding 1.361 in April 2013. The increase is determined by the increase of 10.0% of the transits of oil tankers, that they are piled to 319 ships, while the ship of other type has totaled the fourth consecutive month of bending having been itself attested altogether to 1.066 ships (- 0.5%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
