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To April the ships journeyed in the Suez Canal transported 87,4 million tons of goods (+8.1%)
Increment of +9.5% of boarded cargos on the ships directed to south (+9.5%) and of +6.3% for those directing to north
May 14, 2019
Last month the Suez Canal is crossed by 1.580 ships, with an increment of +6.5% on the April 2018, of which 414 oil tankers (+13.7%) and 1,166 unit of other type (+4.2%) included 450 portacontainer (- 4.9%). The ships that are passed for the channel Egyptian altogether transported 87,4 million tons of goods (+8.1%), of which 48,3 million boarded tons on the ships directed to south (+9.5%) and 39,1 million tons on those directing to north (+6.3%).
Between consisting volumes than the more loaded on the ships directed to containerized south they figure the goods with 21,8 million tons (+2.2%), the crude oil with 5,3 million tons (+53.4%), the cereals with 4,1 million tons (- 22.0%), the fuels with 2,9 million tons (+20.6%), the minerals and metals with 2,8 million tons (+27.8%) and the coal and coke with 2,4 million tons (+13.0%). Between main boarded cargos on the ships directed to north they figured the goods containerized with 20,8 million tons (+5.0%), the crude oil with 4,8 million tons (- 19.9%), the which liquified natural gas with 2,3 million tons (+67.3%), the diesel oils with 2,0 million tons (- 9.8%) and gasolines with 1,9 million tons (- 2.8%).
In the first quadrimestre of 2019 in the channel they are journeyed altogether 6,038 ships, with an increase of +6.7% on the same period last year, of which 1,718 oil tankers (+19.9%) and 4,320 ships of other type (+2.3%) included 1,792 portacontenitori (- 3.7%). The journeyed ships transported a total of 33,6 million tons of goods, with a progression of +8.9% on the January-April period of 2018, of which 176,3 million tons on the ships directed to south (+11.7%) and 155,3 million tons on the ships directed to north (+5.7%).
Totally on the ships directed to south the cargos constituted from oil and producing oil piled to 43,1 million tons (+37.7%) and those of other type to 133,2 million tons (+5.3%) included 81,4 million containerized tons of goods (+2.9%). On the ships directed to north the oil oil and producing cargos of were pairs to 38,3 million tons (- 2.8%) and the cargos of other type to 116,9 million tons (+8.9%) between which 83,9 million tons of cargos in container (+5.5%).
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Last month the Suez Canal is crossed by 1.580 ships, with an increment of +6.5% on the April 2018, of which 414 oil tankers (+13.7%) and 1,166 unit of other type (+4.2%) included 450 portacontainer (- 4.9%). The ships that are passed for the channel Egyptian altogether transported 87,4 million tons of goods (+8.1%), of which 48,3 million boarded tons on the ships directed to south (+9.5%) and 39,1 million tons on those directing to north (+6.3%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
