Suez Canal traffic data reports from last week

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Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb said on Sunday that African presidents assured their attendance at the opening ceremony of the new Suez Canal project in August. (AFP Photo)

By Mohamed Ahmed

Suez Canal traffic data revealed that 340 ships transited the canal with a total load of 18.8m tons from 23 to 29 October. Data also cited that until 29 October, 14,679 vessels crossed the canal.

About 49 ships per day transit the canal on average during the past week with an average load of 2.68m tons per day, while the average per ship load reached 55,200 tons last week.

In July 2015 before the inauguration of the New Suez Canal, the average daily number of transiting vessels totaled at 47 vessels, with an average load of 2.758m tons per day.

The largest cargo to transit the canal was of 200,360 tones was last week on Danish container ship Marstal Maersk.

Cargo load is the main measure of shipping traffic in the Suez Canal on which fees for the transit is calculated.

About 177 ships transited the canal heading north with a daily average of 25 ships and a total load of 9m tons of cargo, a daily average of 1.28 million tons.

The number of ships that passed through the new channel from the east through the southern entrance was about 163 ships, a daily average of 23 vessels, with total loads of 9.8m tons, a daily average of 1.4m tons.

The following table shows traffic through the Suez Canal between 23 and 29 October:

Total loadsTotal number of ShipsSouthNorthDay
LoadsNumber of ShipsLoadsNumber of Ships
255000552105918719149081833Friday
331600046182593323149096723Saturday
2347440431271470181,075,97025Sunday
18579193311975692066035013Monday
312350162145395130166955032Tuesday
342234863200312532141922331Wednesday
21503924198153821116885420Thursday
1876760534097927731638975732177Total
268108648.57143139896823.28571128224725.2851Average

 

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