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100 ships have taken a route around south africa during the last quarter of 2015. For comparison, 17483 ships used the Suez Canal last year (about 1450/month).
by rgbrenner 11y ago
100 ships have taken a route around south africa during the last quarter of 2015.
For comparison, 17483 ships used the Suez Canal last year (about 1450/month). And the number of ships increased by 335 in 2015 (compared to 2014).
http://www.suezcanal.gov.eg/TRstatHistory.aspx?reportId=2 http://www.suezcanal.gov.eg/TRstatHistory.aspx?reportId=2
Edit: in fact, clicking through the data on that page.. it looks like 2015 was a record year (by tonnage) for the Suez.. along with record toll collections. They did handle more, but smaller, ships in 2008.. but that could just be caused by the trend in the industry toward larger ships. More cargo passed through the Suez than any year previous.
- twelvechairs 11y agoSurely it also has to do with there being simply more ships being built which are too big to fit in the suez canal ('Capesize' in shipping parlance)? According to the link below between 2008-2013 the world capesize fleet increased from 817 ships to 1505 ships. https://shippingresearch.wordpress.com/tag/capesize/ https://shippingresearch.wordpress.com/tag/capesize/
- JumpCrisscross 11y ago> 100 ships have taken a route around south africa during the last quarter of 2015...17483 ships used the Suez Canal last year Thanks for the context. Any way we could compare the TEUs going each way? Unlikely the 400 ships that went around the Cape are 44 times larger than the 17 483 that went through the Canal (17483 / (4 * 100)), but I'm curious by how much the gap narrows.