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May 2, 2022
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- The Suez Canal has set a new transit record
of ships for the month of April
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- New historical peaks in ship tonnage and revenues
generated by maritime traffic
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Last month the Suez Canal was crossed by
1,929 ships, number that represents an increase of +6.3%
on April 2021 as well as the new record for this month and the
third highest figure ever being lower only than the
1,993 ships transited in August 2008 and at 1,930 passed through
the Egyptian waterway in October 2008.-
- In April 2022 the new record was also recorded
historical tonnage of ships transited in Suez terms
Canal Net Tonnage (SCNT) which amounted to 114.5 million
of SCNT tons, with an increase of +3.9% on april of
last year. The previous record was set in November 2021
with 113.6 million tons SCNT.
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- Last month the Suez Canal also scored the new
historical record of revenue generated by the transit rights applied
to ships crossing the waterway which amounted to 629
million dollars, with a rise of +13.6% on April 2021 and with
an increase of 2.8 million compared to the previous record set
in March 2022.
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- In April 2022 the growth of +6.3% of transits was
generated exclusively by the increase of +25.5% in ship transits
tank, attested to 560 naval units, while the transits
of the other types of ships - equal to 1,369 units - are
remained stable, with significant increases in the segments of the
container ships (+9.0%), ships for liquefied natural gas
(+12.0%) and car carriers (+6.6%).
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- In the first quarter of this year the Egyptian canal is
was crossed by a total of 7,232 ships, with a
progression of +13.1% on the corresponding period of 2021. The
tonnage of transited ships amounted to 427.9
million tons SCNT (+6.5%) and revenues generated by transits
were equal to 2.3 billion dollars (+18.4%).
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