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Eighth consecutive month of the reduction of the marine traffic in the Suez Canal
To November the ships journeyed in the water way transported 68,9 million tons of goods, with an increment of +4.8%
December 22, 2016
Last month in the Suez Canal they are journeyed 1,366 ships, with a bending of the -2,5% regarding 1.401 transits in November 2015. The ships that have crossed the water way Egyptian altogether transported 68,9 million tons of goods, with an increment of +4.8% on the November last year, of which 34,1 million tons of boarded cargos on the ships journeyed in the direction north-south (+6.1%) and 34,5 million boarded tons on the ships journeyed in opposite direction (+3.6%).
In the first eleven months of the 2016 marine traffic in the Suez Canal it is piled to 15.419 ships, with a decrease of the -3,7% regarding 16.015 ships in the period January-November last year. In particular, in the first eleven months of this year they are journeyed altogether 3,928 oil tankers (- 0.5%) for net tonnage (SCNT) total pairs to 158,8 million tons (- 2.3%), while more consisting the quotas than ships of other type have been the portacontainer with 4.980 ships (- 8.6%) for a net tonnage pairs to 506,3 million tons (- 0.5%), rinfusiere with 2.528 ships (- 5.0%) for 87,0 million clean tons (- 8.1%), the multipurpose ships with 1.551 units (+11.2%) for 15,2 million clean tons (+4.0%), the car carrier with 799 ships (- 7.4%) for 49,6 million clean tons (- 4.9%), the ships for natural gas which liquified with 528 units (- 13.7%) for 56,6 million clean tons (- 15.4%) and the ships ro-ro with 426 units (+25.7%) for 9,3 million clean tons (+14.9%).
In the first eleven months of this year the ships journeyed in the channel transported 744,8 million tons of goods (- 1.3%), of which 361,4 million boarded tons on the ships journeyed from north to south (- 5.0%) and 383,3 million tons on the ships journeyed from south to north (+2.4%). Altogether the journeyed cargos of oil and producing oil in the two directions have been pairs to 168,8 million tons (+0.6%), while between the other main cargo types they figure the goods in container with 401,3 million tons (+2.4%), the cereals with 41,7 million tons (+4.7%), minerals and crude metals with 24,8 million tons (- 11.4%), the metals worked with 22,8 million tons (- 9.8%), the which liquified natural gas with 22,7 million tons (- 10.0%), chemicals with 17,4 million tons (+2.8%) and the oils vegetables with 11,8 million tons (- 8.8%).
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Last month in the Suez Canal they are journeyed 1,366 ships, with a bending of the -2,5% regarding 1.401 transits in November 2015. The ships that have crossed the water way Egyptian altogether transported 68,9 million tons of goods, with an increment of +4.8% on the November last year, of which 34,1 million tons of boarded cargos on the ships journeyed in the direction north-south (+6.1%) and 34,5 million boarded tons on the ships journeyed in opposite direction (+3.6%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
