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To January the volume of the goods transported by the ships that have crossed the Suez Canal has grown of +9.3%
On board of the units tons of cargos (+15.1% journeyed in the direction north-south were 39,8 million) and on the ships passed in the opposite direction 41,5 million tons (+4.3%)
February 12, 2019
To January 2019 the total volume of the goods transported by the ships that are journeyed in the Suez Canal has grown of +9.3% being piled almost 81,4 million tons of cargos, total that represents the new record for this month of the year, regarding 74,4 million tons in January 2018 (how much was established the precedence relative peak to January).
Last month 39,8 million tons of goods were boarded on the ships that have crossed the water way in the direction north-south (+15.1%) and 41,5 million tons on the ships journeyed in the opposite direction (+4.3%), given of traffic that the new records for the month constitute both respective of January (the precedence peaks were marked to January 2017 and January 2018).
The main cargo types on board of the ships journeyed in the direction north-south were constituted by goods containerized (18,4 million tons, +2.3%), crude oil (3,2 million tons, +79.3%), minerals and metals (2,8 million tons, +80.5%), fuels (2,7 million tons, +80.0%), cereals (2,6 million tons, +10.5%), coal and coke (1,9 million tons, +80.5%) and fertilizers (1,6 million tons, +36.2%).
The main cargo volumes transported from the ships that have crossed the directed channel Egyptian to north were constituted by goods containerized (22,7 million tons, +7.4%), crude oil (4,7 million tons, -25,2%), diesel oils (3,6 million tons, +15.8%), gasolines (1,8 million tons, +6.9%), natural gas which liquified (1,5 million tons, +57.7%), chemicals (1,4 million to tons, +34.2%), oils vegetables (1,2 million tons, +20.0%), coal and coke (1,1 million tons, -13,4%), produced in metal (873 thousand tons, -29,3%) and fertilizers (607 thousand tons, +103.7%).
To January 2019 in the Suez Canal they are journeyed altogether 1,516 ships (+7.9%), of which 450 oil tankers (+16.0%) and 1,066 ships of other type (+4.8%).
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To January 2019 the total volume of the goods transported by the ships that are journeyed in the Suez Canal has grown of +9.3% being piled almost 81,4 million tons of cargos, total that represents the new record for this month of the year, regarding 74,4 million tons in January 2018 (how much was established the precedence relative peak to January).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
