Volume of loaded records on the ships that have crossed the Suez Canal in the first half of 2018



In the first semester of the 2018 total of the cargo on the ships that are journeyed in the Suez Canal it has constituted a new absolute semiannual record being it are pairs to 473,1 million tons, with an increment of +7.7% regarding the first half of the 2017 and with an increase of +0.8% on the previous established semiannual maximum peak in the second half of the year of 2017 with the 469,2 million one tons.

The new semiannual historical record is recorded graces is to the new absolute peak of cargo on the ships that have crossed the channel from north to south are to the new record of the goods on the ships that are journeyed from south to north, volumes that pairs respective to 248,4 million tons have been and 224,7 million tons, with increases of +8.0% and of +7.3% on the first six months last year (the two records precedence were achieved both in the second half of the year of 2017).

Between the volumes of loaded records journeyed in the first six months with this year on board of the ships that have crossed the channel Egyptian to signal that of the goods containerized on the ships that are passed through the channel directed to north that they are piled to 121,5 million tons (+5.3%).

More consisting the volumes than boarded cargos on the ships that have crossed the channel in both the containerized directions have been those of goods (243,0 million tons, +5.3%), crude oil (52,9 million tons, +1.3%), cereals (22,2 million tons, +14.9%), coal and coke (16,2 million tons, +89.2%), minerals and metals (15,2 million tons, -1,3%), gasolines (14,7 million tons, +23.4%), fuels (14,2 million tons, -15,2%), diesel oils (13,9 million tons, +39.7%), natural gas which liquified (13,5 million tons, +13.9%), produced in metal (11,5 million tons, +3.2%), chemicals (10,5 million to tons, +6.1%), fertilizers (10,3 million tons, +36.2%) and oils vegetables (7,8 million tons, +8.0%).

Altogether in the first six months of the 2018 channel it is crossed by 8.806 ships (+3.7%), of which 2,235 oil tankers (+1.5%) and 6,571 ships of other type (+4.4%).

In the single month of june of 2018 in the channel 2017), of which 419 oil tankers (+15.8%) and 1,125 unit of other type (+10.1% is passed to 1,544 ships (+11.6% on the june). On the ships a total of 82,2 million tons of goods (+14.2% was boarded), of which 44,0 million tons on the ships directed to south (+22.7%) and 38,2 million tons on those directing to north (+5.8%).