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To sensitive October increase of the transported volumes of goods from the ships journeyed in the Suez Canal
In the first ten months of 2017 these cargos they are piled to 747,8 million tons (+10.6%), of which 390,8 million on the ships directed to south (+19.4%) and 357,0 million on the ships directed to north (+2.4%)
November 13, 2017
Last month the number of the ships that have crossed the Suez Canal has grown of +7.8% being journeyed 1,552 units regarding 1.440 in October 2016, of which 392 oil tankers (+12.3%) and 1,160 ships of other type (+6.3%). The last ships for the water way Egyptian transported 80,0 million tons of goods, with an increase of +17.8% on the October 2016, of which 42,5 million tons of boarded cargos on the ships journeyed from north to south (+23.8%) and 37,5 million tons on the ships journeyed in opposite direction (+11.7%).
On the ships directed towards south oil tons of oil and producing (+42.6% were boarded 8,5 million), of which 2,9 million tons of crude oil (+32.6%), 2,1 million tons of fuels (+38.0%), 1,2 million tons of gasolines (+152.7%), 945 thousand tons of naphta (+65.2%), 252 thousand tons of gas of liquified oil (+254.9%), 207 thousand tons of diesel oils (volume pairs to zero in October 2016) and 898 thousand tons of other oil bulk (- 20.8%). Moreover on board of the ships directed to south tons of other cargos (+19.9% were boarded 34,0 million), between which mainly 20,7 million tons of goods containerized (+12.6%), 5,1 million tons of cereals (+24.2%), 2,3 million tons of minerals and metals (+36.7%), 1,2 million tons of coal and coke (+1,026, 6%), 1,2 million tons of fertilizers (+97.0%), 683 thousand tons of chemicals (+21.7%), 575 thousand tons of natural gas which liquified (- 26.0%), 518 thousand tons of food (+202.9%) and 405 thousand tons of producing in metal (- 49.2%).
The ships directed to north transported 11,4 million oil tons of oil and producing (+16.5%), of which 6,6 million tons of crude oil (+18.8%), 2,3 million tons of diesel oils (- 7.6%), 1,9 million tons of gasolines (+51.8%), 229 thousand tons of fuels (+124.5%), 21 thousand tons of gas of liquified oil (- 19.2%) and 298 thousand tons of other oil bulk (+106.9%). Moreover on board of these ships they were you anticipate other 26,1 million tons of other goods (+9.7%), between which 18,8 million containerized tons of goods (+4.1%), 1,4 million tons of producing in metal (+9.6%), 1,3 million tons of chemicals (to +69.9%), 1,3 million tons of natural gas which liquified (+5.1%), 903 thousand tons of oils vegetables (+6.7%) and 760 thousand tons of coal and coke (+1.3%).
In the first ten months of 2017 in the channel they are journeyed altogether 14,486 ships, with an increment of +3.1% on the January-October period last year, of which 3,697 oil tankers (+3.4%) and 10,789 ships of other type (+3.0%). These ships transported 747,8 million tons of cargos totally, with a rise of +10.6% regarding 676,2 million tons in the first ten months of 2016.
On the ships directed to south a total of 390,8 million tons of cargos (+19.4% was boarded). The single oil oil and producing cargos of piled to 83,1 million tons (+44.8%), of which 28,1 million tons of crude oil (+75.2%), 24,1 million tons of fuels (+51.8%), 8,4 million tons of naphta (+9.7%), 7,8 million tons of gasolines (+60.1%), 2,7 million tons of gas of liquified oil (+60.2%), 2,4 million tons of diesel oils (+174.8%) and 9,6 million tons of other oil bulk (+44.8%). Moreover on board tons of other cargos (+14.0% were 307,7 million), of which 194,9 million tons of goods in container (+12.8%), 38,8 million tons of cereals (+2.2%), 24,2 million tons of minerals and metals (+8.6%), 8,8 million tons of fertilizers (+69.0%), 7,8 million tons of coal and coke (+466.7%), 6,1 million tons of chemicals (- 11.2%), 5,7 million tons of natural gas which liquified (+0.8%), 5,5 million tons of producing in metal (- to 19.4%) and 2,7 million tons of machinery and parts of reciprocation (- 1.5%).
The ships directed towards north transported 357,0 million tons of goods (+2.4% altogether). The oil oil and producing cargos of were pairs to 94,9 million tons (+0.5%), of which 59,8 million tons of crude oil (+3.5%), 16,3 million tons of diesel oils (- 6.8%), 14,7 million tons of gasolines (- 0.7%), 957 thousand tons of fuels (+60.0%), 248 thousand tons of gas of liquified oil (+13.8%), 94 thousand tons of naphta (- 81.2%) and 2,8 million tons of other oil bulk (- 7.7%). The cargos of other type piled altogether to 262,1 million tons (+3.0%), of which 195,9 million containerized tons of goods (+1.5%), 12,2 million tons of producing in metal (- 13.0%), 10,3 million tons of chemicals (to +15.1%), 7,3 million tons of coal and coke (+43.3%), 3,1 million tons of fertilizers (+53.4%), 3,0 of machinery and spare parts (+3.4%), 1,1 million tons of minerals and metals (+411.2%), 387 thousand tons of cereals (+275.7%) and 387 thousand tons of food (+30.9%).
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