In decided decrease the cargo on the ships journeyed for Suez direct or coming from the ports of the northern Mediterranean



Last month, so as to July 2018, in the Suez Canal they are journeyed 1,539 ships, of which 379 oil tankers (- 6.7%) and 1,160 naval units of other type (+2.3%). The ships that have crossed the channel Egyptian altogether transported 87,9 million tons of goods, with an increment of +4.3% on the July 2018, of which 47,8 million tons transported from the ships directed towards south (+10.5%) and 40,1 million tons from those directing to north (- 2.3%).

To on board evidence the important contraction of the goods of the ships journeyed from Suez that transported goods direct or coming from the ports of the northern Mediterranean, in particular from those Italians: in the specific one, for the third consecutive month, the coming cargo volumes from these harbour and transported ports of call from the directed ships that they have crossed Suez to south have recorded a bending to two figures that for the month of July 2019, with a total of 4,7 million tons of cargos, has been of -12,4%; moreover, for the fourth consecutive month, the cargos have turned out decreasing (- 33.3%) also, pairs to 6,8 million tons, that they were boarded on the directed ships that have crossed the channel to north and were destined to the ports of the northern Mediterranean.

More consisting the boarded volumes than loaded on the ships that last month are journeyed for Suez in both the directions were constituted by goods containerized (44,4 million tons, +5.5%), crude oil (8,5 million tons, -18,1%), minerals and metals (5,3 million tons, +85.6%), coal and coke (4,3 million tons, +44.6%), cereals (3,4 million tons, -19,6%), natural gas which liquified (3,1 million tons, +6.9%) and diesel oils (3,1 million tons, +42.2%).

In the first seven months of this year in the channel Egyptian a total of 10.653 ships is passed, with a progression of +3.0% on the same period of 2018, of which 2,913 oil tankers (+10.3%) and 7,740 ships of other type (+0.4%). The ships journeyed in the water way altogether transported 591,5 million tons (+6.1%), of which 314,8 million tons on the ships directed to south (+7.9%) and 276,7 million tons on those directing to north (+4.1%). The single coming cargos from the boarded ports of the Mediterranean and on the ships journeyed for Suez directed to south are piled to 32,5 million tons (- 10.9%) and those boarded ones on the last ships for Suez with direction north and destined to the ports of the northern Mediterranean have turned out pairs to 51,5 million tons (- 14.3%).

The most important boarded volumes than loaded on the ships that in the first seven months have crossed Suez in both the directions were constituted by containerized cargos (298,7 million tons, +4.7%), crude oil (60,5 million tons, -4,4%), minerals and metals (25,4 million tons, +40.5%), cereals (22,6 million tons, -14,6%), coal and coke (22,2 million tons, +16.1%), diesel oils (20,7 million tons, +29.1%), natural gas which liquified (18,4 million tons, +12.8%), fuels (17,7 million tons, +5.2%) and gasolines (17,1 million tons, -0,9%).