336 Ships Transited Suez Canal Last Week
By Aiswarya Lakshmi
Monday, September 21, 2015
A total 336 ships transited the canal last week, carrying a total cargo of 19.5m tonnes, reports Daily News Egypt quoting new data from the Suez Canal.
The average number of ships transiting the canal daily reached 48 throughout last week, with average cargos amounting to 2.8m tonnes per day, whereas the average cargo per ship reached 58,000 tonnes.
The number of ships transiting the canal from the northern direction reached 147 ships, representing a daily average of 21 ships, totalling 8.1m tonnes in cargo, or a daily average of 1.2m tonnes.
The largest cargo held within one ship transiting Suez Canal last week reached 200,000 tonnes. A total of five other separate container ships belonging to Danish company, Maersk, carried the same tonnage. The tonnage of cargo is the main criterion in calculating the growth of marine traffic in the Suez Canal, where transit fees are calculated according to cargo size.