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To January 2018 the total of cargos transported from the ships that have crossed the Suez Canal has grown of +6.0%
The cargo on the ships directed to north is increased of +18.5% and those on the ships directed to south are diminished of the -5,4%, the first bending after 17 consecutive months of rise
February 26, 2018
Last month the transported cargo volumes from the ships that are journeyed in the Suez Canal are increased of piled +6.0% being to 74,4 million tons regarding 70,2 million tons in January 2017. The increment is generated by the fort rise (+18.5%) of boarded cargos on the directed ships that have crossed the channel towards the Mediterranean, that pairs to 39,8 million tons have been, while the boarded cargos on the ships that have crossed it directed to south are diminished of the -5,4%, the first decrease after 17 consecutive months of increase, attesting itself to 34,6 million tons.
In January the 2018 channel Egyptian is crossed altogether by 1.405 ships (+2.6%), of which 388 oil tankers (+7.8%) and 1,017 ships of other type (+0.8%).
Last month the main cargo types transported from the ships that have crossed the water way have turned out constituted from goods containerized with 39,2 million tons (+5.3%), crude oil with 8,1 million tons (+7.7%), diesel oils with 3,3 million tons (+139.9%), gasolines with 2,8 million tons (+89.6%), cereals with 2,4 million tons (- 34.3%) and coal and coke with 2,3 million tons (+140.4%).
Consisting volumes than the more loaded transported from the ships journeyed in the direction north-south have turned out constituted from goods in container with 18,0 million tons (+1.2%), cereals with 2,4 million tons (- 34.5%), crude oil with 1,8 million tons (- 22.7%), minerals and metals with 1,5 million tons (- 38.0%), fuels with 1,5 million tons (- 57.2%), fertilizers with 1,2 million tons (+79.7%), naphta with 1,2 million tons (+122.9%), gasolines with 1,1 million tons (+42.9%) and coal and coke with 1,0 million tons (+214.6%).
The main cargo volumes transported from the ships journeyed in the direction south-north have turned out constituted from goods in container with 21,2 million tons (+9.0%), crude oil with 6,3 million tons (+21.2%), diesel oils with 3,1 million tons (+168.9%), gasolines with 1,7 million tons (+142.8%), coal and coke with 1,2 million tons (+101.3%), produced in metal with 1,2 million tons (- 5.7%), oils vegetables with 1,0 million tons (+24.4%) and chemicals with 1,0 million tons (- 10.4%).
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