In the first semester of the 2017 ships journeyed in the Suez Canal transported 439,3 million tons of goods (+10.4%)



Last month in the Suez Canal they are journeyed 1,384 ships, with an increment of +2.5% regarding 1.350 in June 2016, of which 362 oil tankers (+3.4%) and 1,022 ships of other type (+2.0%).

The ships journeyed in June 2017 in the channel Egyptian transported altogether 72,0 million tons of goods, with an increase of +9.1% on june 2016 determined from the increase of +21.4% of the cargo volumes (35,9 million tons) boarded on the ships journeyed in the direction north-south, while the boarded cargo volumes on the ships directed to north (36,1 million tons) have recorded a bending of -0,9%.

Particularly consisting it has turned out the increment of boarded oil oil and producing cargos of on the ships directed towards south, that tons (+64.8% are piled almost 7,0 million), while more content has been the increase of the cargo volumes constituted from other goods, than have been attested 28,9 million to tons (+14.1%).

The total decrease of the -0,9% of the volumes of cargo on the ships journeyed towards north is produced by the reduction of the -11,0% of oil oil and producing cargos of, that pairs to 9,6 million tons have been, while the cargo volumes constituted from other types of goods have grown of +3.4% to 26,5 million tons.

In the first semester of 2017 in the Suez Canal they are totally journeyed 8,496 ships, with a progression of +2.0% on the first six months last year, of which 2,201 oil tankers (+1.4%) and 6,295 ships of other type () +2.3%).

Altogether the ships that have crossed the channel in the first six months of this year transported 439,3 million tons of goods (+10.4%), of which 230,0 million tons on the ships directed to south (+20.0%) and 209,3 million tons on the ships directed to north (+1.4%).

The oil cargos of oil and producing on the ships that in the first directed half of the 2017 have crossed the channel to south have turned out pairs to 51,1 million tons (+43.0%), while the cargos of other type have totaled 178,8 million tons (+14.7%) of which 115,4 million tons of containerized cargos (+13.5%). The boarded oil cargos on the ships directed to north are piled to 53,8 million tons (+0.5%) and cargos of other type to 155,5 million tons (+1.7%) of which 115,3 million tons of goods in container (- 0.6%).