Independent journal on economy and transport policy
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To February the transits of ships and goods in the Suez Canal are increased thanks to the rise of the oil traffic
Recorded the crosswalk of 1.300 ships (+6.6%) that they transported 65,8 million tons of cargos (+11.1%)
March 22, 2016
Last month the marine traffic and the total volume of the goods loaded on the ships journeyed in the Suez Canal have recorded an sensitive determined increment almost exclusively from the important rise of the number of oil tankers and oil oil and producing cargos of. The water way Egyptian, in fact, is crossed by 1.300 ships, with an increase of +6.6% regarding 1.219 in February 2015 determined almost entirely from the increase of the number of the oil tankers, that they are piled to 366 units (+26.6%), while the number of the ships of other type journeyed in the channel has remained stable being is pairs to 934 units (+0.4%).
To February 2016 the total of the goods pairs loaded on the ships journeyed in the channel have been almost 65,8 million tons (+11.1%), of which 31,5 million tons of cargo on the ships journeyed from north towards south (+8.2%) and 34,2 million boarded tons on the ships journeyed in opposite direction (+13.8%). On the ships tons of oil oil and producing (to +21.0%) and 24,7 million tons of other types of cargo (+5.2%) included 16,1 million tons of containerized cargos (+1.5% journeyed towards south were boarded 6,8 million), while on the ships journeyed towards north were loaded 8,2 million oil tons of oil and producing (to +78.8%) and 26,0 million tons with cargos of other type (+2.0%) included 19,0 million containerized tons of goods (+4.2%).
Altogether in the first period of two months of this year in the channel Egyptian they are journeyed 2,724 ships, with a progression of +3.6% regarding the same period of 2015, of which 753 oil tankers (+20.5%) and 1,971 ships of other type (- 1.7%). The ships passed through Suez transported 131,2 million tons of cargos (+1.8%), of which 60,8 million tons of cargo on the ships directed towards south (- 3.6%) and 70,5 million tons of cargo on those directing to north (+7.0%). In the direction north-south they are journeyed 13,1 million tons of oil cargos of oil and producing (- 2.0%) and 47,7 million tons of other cargos (- 4.0%) included 30,8 million tons of cargos in container (- 3.6%), while in the opposite direction they are journeyed 16,9 million tons of oil cargos (+36.1%) and 53,6 million tons of other types of cargo (+0.2%) included 39,2 million tons of containerized cargos (+2.7%).
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