Suez Canal traffic data for the week of 18 December

Suez Canal traffic data revealed that 283 ships transited the canal with a total load of 19.683m tonnes from 18 to 23 December.

An average of 40 ships traversed the canal per day, during the past week, with an average load of 2.2m tonnes per day.

The average per ship load was estimated at 55,300 tonnes.

In July 2015, before the inauguration of the New Suez Canal, an average of 47 vessels crossed the canal with an average load of 2.758m tonnes per day.

Last week, the Maersk Mayview traversed the canal carrying 200,360 tonnes.

A total of 147 vessels traversed the canal, heading south, with a daily average of 21 vessels and a total load of 8.426m of cargo, a daily average of 1.2m tonnes.

There were 136 vessels that passed through the new eastern channel, a daily average of 19 vessels, with total loads of 7.2m tonnes, a daily average of 1.03m tonnes.

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

Suez Canal data also revealed a revenue decline to $408.4m in November compared to $449.2m in October, which is the lowest revenue since February, when revenue was recorded at $382m

The total number of vessels crossing the canal also dropped to 1401 from 1500 in October.

 

 

The following table shows traffic through the Suez Canal between 18 and 23 December, 2015:

Total loads	North		South				Total number of Ships		Day
	Number of Ships	Loads	Number of Ships		Loads
1,800,280	22	1,109,588	20		690,692		42		Friday
3,026,066	34	1,884,731	19		1,141,335		53		Saturday
2,258,676	20	1,103,203	21		1,155,473		41		Sunday
2,083,873	26	1,412,789	18		671,084		44		Monday
3,167,456	20	1,247,095	26		1,920,361		46		Tuesday
3,302,000	25	1,669,000	32		1,633,000		57		Wednesday
15,638,351	147	8,426,406	136		7,211,945		283		Total
2,606,391	24.5	1,404,401	22.66		1,201,990		47.16		Average