348 ships transited Suez Canal last week, with an increase of 8.75%

Suez Canal traffic data revealed that 348 ships transited the canal with a total load of 19.680m tonnes from 27 November to 3 December.

Data also cited that 320 vessels have transited the canal two weeks prior, carrying a total load of 18,101m tonnes.

About 50 ships transited the canal daily on average over the past week, with an average load of 2.8m tonnes per day, compared to an average of 46 ships two weeks prior with an average load of 2.6m tonnes.

The average load per ship was 56,553 tonnes, compared to 56,567 tons during the previous week.

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

Last week, major three Danish ships – Marchen Maersk, Merete Maersk, and Mogens Maersk – transited the canal carrying 200,360 tonnes each.

About 155 ships transited the canal heading south with a daily average of 22 ships and a total load of 8.090m of cargo, a daily average of 1.15m tonnes.

The number of ships that passed through the new channel coming from the east through the southern entrance was about 193 ships, a daily average of 28 vessels, with total loads of 11.59m tonnes, a daily average of 1.655m tonnes.

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

The following table shows traffic through the Suez Canal between 27 November and 3 December:

Total loads	North		South				Total number of Ships		Day
	Number of Ships	Loads	Number of Ships		Loads
2544118	15	646187	28		1897931		43		Friday
3325790	22	1344125	33		1981665		55		Saturday
2727013	29	1,263,310	31		1463703		60		Sunday
1985511	24	1080254	18		905257		42		Monday
2901948	27	1601003	24		1300915		51		Tuesday
2757874	17	947858	29		1810017		46		Wednesday
3438238	21	1207743	30		2230496		51		Thursday
19680492	155	8090480	193		11589984		348		Total
2811499	22.14286	1155783	27.57143		1655712		49.71429		Average