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In the 2014 volume of goods transported from the ships journeyed in the Suez Canal has grown of +9.0%
the ships in transit in the direction north-south have transported 416,0 million tons (+7.3%) and those in transit in the opposite direction 406,3 million tons (+10.8%)
January 20, 2015
In the 2014 Suez Canal it is crossed altogether by 17.148 ships, with an increment of +3.3% regarding 16.596 in the year precedence. The sun oil tankers has been 4,053 units (+12.8%) and the other ships 13,095 units (+0.7%).
Last year the ships journeyed in the channel transported 822,3 million tons of goods, with a progression of +9.0% regarding 754,5 million tons in 2013. The cargo on the ships in transit in the direction north-south pairs to 416,0 million tons (+7.3% were), of which 76,2 million oil tons of oil and producing (to +18.7%) and 339,8 million tons of other cargo types (+5.0%), and those boarded ones on the ships that they have crossed the channel from south to north were pairs to 406,3 million tons (+10.8%), of which 102,6 million oil tons of oil and producing (to +14.9%) and 303,6 million tons of other cargos (+9.5%).
In the single month of December of the 2014 channel Egyptian it is crossed by 1.486 ships, with an increase of +4.0% regarding December 2013. The ships in transit transported 68,6 million tons of goods (+4.0%), of which 34,4 million tons on the ships in transit in the direction north-south (- 3.5%) and 34,2 million tons on the ships journeyed in opposite direction (+12.7%).
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