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In the first half of this year the transported cargo volumes from the ships journeyed from Suez have grown of +8.2%
the channel Egyptian is crossed by 8.160 units (+1.8%)
July 17, 2014
In the first half of the 2014 Suez Canal it is crossed by 8.160 ships, with an increment of +1.8% regarding 8012 ships in the first semester last year. The oil tankers are piled to 1.967 units (+13.3%) and the ships of other type to 6.193 units (- 1.3%).
The ships journeyed altogether in the channel Egyptian in the first six months of this year transported a total of 393,5 million tons of cargos, with an increase of +8.2% on the first half of 2013, of which 196,3 million tons of cargos transported from the ships journeyed in the direction north-south (+4.8%) and 197,2 million tons of cargos transported from the ships journeyed in opposite direction (+11.7%).
The ships passed in the channel in the first semester of the 2014 in the direction north-south transported 36,2 million oil tons of oil and producing (to +5.6%) and 160,0 million tons of other cargo types (+4.7%), between which 104,6 million tons of goods in container (+5.4%). The ships journeyed in the direction south-north transported 49,8 million oil tons of oil and producing (to +23.3%) and 147,4 million tons of other cargos (+8.3%), of which 109,9 million tons of containerized cargos (+10.3%).
In the single month of june of this year the channel is crossed by 1.338 ships, with a progression of +3.6% regarding june 2013. The oil tankers have been 316 (+8.2%) and the ships of other type 1,022 (+2.3%).
Last month the ships journeyed in the channel transported 66,2 million tons of cargos (+10.8%), of which 32,2 million tons transported from the ships journeyed in direction southbound (+6.0%) and 34,1 million tons transported in direction northbound (+15.9%).
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In the first half of the 2014 Suez Canal it is crossed by 8.160 ships, with an increment of +1.8% regarding 8012 ships in the first semester last year. The oil tankers are piled to 1.967 units (+13.3%) and the ships of other type to 6.193 units (- 1.3%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
