Independent journal on economy and transport policy
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To October on the ships tons of goods (- 4.4% journeyed in the Suez Canal were boarded 68,6 million)
On the units directed towards south tons (- 9.6%) and on those directed towards north 34,5 million tons (+1.4% were loaded 34,1 million)
November 19, 2015
Last month in the Suez Canal they are journeyed 1,500 ships, with a decrease of the -3,7% regarding October 2014. The oil tankers are increased of +9.0% to 388 units, while the transit of ships of other type has recorded a contraction of the -7,5% to 1.112 units.
The ships journeyed in the channel Egyptian in October 2015 transported a total of 68,6 million tons, with a reduction of -4,4%. The ships journeyed from north to south transported 34,1 million tons of cargos (- 9.6%) and those journeyed by south to north 34,5 million tons (+1.4%).
In the first ten months of 2015 through Suez they are journeyed altogether 14,614 ships, with an increment of +2.9% regarding the January-October period last year. The oil tankers have been 3,555 (+6.1%) and the ships of other type 11,059 (+1.9%).
In the first ten of this year on the ships tons of goods journeyed in the channel were boarded 689,2 million, with a progression of +0.7% on the same period of 2014.
On the ships tons of cargos journeyed from north to south were boarded 348,3 million. The main cargo volumes in transit towards south have turned out those of cereals (36,1 million tons, +21.1%), minerals and metals (25,1 million tons, -6,2%), fuels (23,0 million tons, -0,6%), crude oil (15,2 million tons, -3,6%), naphta (14,3 million tons, +11.5%), produced in metal (8,3 million tons, -12,0%), gasolines (8,1 million tons, +65.2%), fertilizers (7,6 million tons, -19,6%), chemicals (6,4 million tons, -9,7%) and natural gas which liquified (4,5 million tons, -14,3%).
In the January-October period of this year on the ships tons (+0.7% journeyed from south to north were boarded 340,9 million), volume constituted mainly from crude oil (50,2 million tons, -13,4%), natural gas which liquified (18,8 million tons, +20.6%), gasolines (16,5 million tons (- 3.3%), produced in metal (15,2 million tons, +71.4%), diesel oils (13,0 million tons, +76.8%), coal and coke (10,2 million tons, +21.3%), oils vegetables (9,2 million tons, +6.1%) and chemicals (8,9 million tons, +5.4%).
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