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Last month in the Suez Canal they are journeyed 1,219 ships (- 1.5%)
the units journeyed in the water way Egyptian transported 59,2 million tons of cargos (+0.2% altogether)
March 23, 2015
Last month the number of ships journeyed in the Suez Canal is diminished of -1,5% coming down to 1.219 ships regarding 1.238 ships journeyed in February 2014. The oil tankers have been 289 units (- 6.5%) and the ships of other type 930 (+0.1%).
The ships journeyed to February 2015 in the channel Egyptian altogether transported 59,2 million tons of cargos, with an increase of +0.2% on the February 2014, of which 29,1 million tons transported from the ships journeyed in the direction north-south (- 0.4%) and 30,1 million tons from the ships journeyed in the direction south-north (+0.8%).
The total volume of oil and producing oil transported by the ships journeyed last month in both the directions is piled to 10,2 million tons (- 25.2%) and the total volume of the other cargo types has been attested 49,0 million to tons (+7.8%) of which 34,1 million tons of containerized cargos (+4.8%).
In the first period of two months of 2015 in the Suez Canal they are journeyed 2,630 ships, with a progression of +0.9% regarding 2.606 in the January-February period last year. The oil tankers have been 625 (- 4.7%) and the ships of other type 2,005 (+2.8%).
Altogether in the first two months of this year the ships journeyed in the channel transported 128,9 million tons of goods (+4.7%), of which 62,0 million tons on the ships journeyed from north to south (+3.3%) and 65,9 million tons on the ships journeyed in opposite direction (+6.1%).
The volume total of transported oil cargos of oil and producing by the ships in transit in the first two months of 2015 is piled to 25,8 million tons (- 5.8%) and that of the other types of cargo to 103,1 million tons (+7.7%) of which 70,1 million tons of containerized cargos (+3.6%).
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Last month the number of ships journeyed in the Suez Canal is diminished of -1,5% coming down to 1.219 ships regarding 1.238 ships journeyed in February 2014. The oil tankers have been 289 units (- 6.5%) and the ships of other type 930 (+0.1%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
