To March 2016 the cargo volume on the ships journeyed in the Suez Canal has turned out down of -1,1%



Last March the number of transits of ships in the Suez Canal has grown of +1.2% being is of 1.454 units regarding 1.437 in March 2015. The oil tankers have been 372 (+0.3%) and the ships of other type 1,082 (+1.5%).

The ships journeyed in the channel transported 67,6 million tons of goods altogether, with a decrease of -1,1% regarding the 68,4 million one tons in March 2015, of which 35,6 million boarded tons on the ships journeyed in the direction north-south (- 1.7%) and 32,0 million tons on those directing towards north (- 0.4%). The total volume of cargos constituted from oil and producing oil has turned out pairs to 15,9 million tons (- 0.3%), of which 7,2 million tons on the ships journeyed in the direction north-south (- 4.1%) and 8,7 million tons on the ships directed to north (+3.0%). The volume of the other types of goods is piled to 51,8 million tons (- 1.3%), of which 28,5 million tons on the ships directed towards south (- 1.1%), included 18,0 million tons of containerized cargos (- 2.1%), and 23,3 million tons on the ships directed towards north (- 1.6%), included 17,7 million tons of containerized cargos (+6.9%).

In the first trimester of the 2016 in the channel Egyptian they are journeyed 4,178 ships totally, with a progression of +2.7% regarding the first three months last year, of which 1,115 oil tankers (+13.0%) and 3,053 ships of other type (- 0.6%).

The ships that have crossed Suez in the first trimester of this year transported a total of 198,9 million tons of goods, with an increase of +0.8% regarding 197,3 million tons in the same period of 2015, of which 96,4 million tons on the ships directed to south (- 2.9%) and 102,5 million tons on those directing towards north (+4.5%). The total volume of cargos constituted from oil and producing oil has turned out pairs to 45,9 million tons (+10.0%), of which 20,3 million tons on the ships directed towards south (- 2.7%) and 25,6 million tons on the ships directed towards north (+22.7%). The volume total of the other types of goods has been attested 153,0 million to tons (- 1.7%), of which 76,1 million tons on the ships directed towards south (- 3.0%), included 48,8 million tons of containerized cargos (- 3.1%), and 76,9 million tons on the ships directed towards north (- 0.4%), included 56,9 million tons of containerized cargos (+4.0%).