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Last month the ships journeyed in the Suez Canal transported 71,6 million tons of cargos (+1.9%)
the units journeyed in the direction north-south transported 39,8 million tons (+14.9%) and those journeyed in the opposite direction 31,8 million tons (- 10.7%)
June 18, 2015
Last month in the Suez Canal they are journeyed 1,561 ships, with an increase of +9.5% regarding May 2014. The oil tankers have been 373 units (+13.4%) and the ships of other type 1,188 units (+8.3%). The journeyed ships transported 71,6 million tons of cargos altogether, with an increment of +1.9% regarding 70,3 million tons in May last year. The ships journeyed in the direction north-south transported 39,8 million tons (+14.9%) and the ships journeyed in the opposite direction 31,8 million tons (- 10.7%).
In the first five months of the 2015 channel Egyptian it is crossed by a total of 7.071 ships, with a progression of +3.6% regarding 6.822 in the period January-May last year. The oil tankers have been 1,698 (+2.8%) and the ships of other type 5,373 (+3.9%). The ships journeyed in the channel transported 336,4 million tons of goods, with an increase of +2.8% on the first five months of 2014, of which 173,3 million tons transported from the ships journeyed in the direction north-south (+5.6%) and 163,1 million tons from the ships journeyed in the direction south-north (0%).
In the first five months of this year the total cargos of the ships journeyed from north to south were constituted by 37,1 million oil tons of oil and producing (to +20.4%) and 136,2 million tons of other types of goods (+2.2%), between which 87,4 million tons of goods in container (+1.1%). The cargos transported from the ships journeyed from south to north were constituted by 34,7 million oil tons of oil and producing (- 14.1%) and by 128,4 million tons of other types of goods (+4.6%), of which 91,5 million containerized tons of goods (+0.6%).
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Last month in the Suez Canal they are journeyed 1,561 ships, with an increase of +9.5% regarding May 2014. The oil tankers have been 373 units (+13.4%) and the ships of other type 1,188 units (+8.3%). The journeyed ships transported 71,6 million tons of cargos altogether, with an increment of +1.9% regarding 70,3 million tons in May last year. The ships journeyed in the direction north-south transported 39,8 million tons (+14.9%) and the ships journeyed in the opposite direction 31,8 million tons (- 10.7%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
