140,000 tons decrease in Israeli good crossing Suez Canal

The cargos of the crossing Israeli ships in the Suez Canal registered during the first half of the current year showed a 140,000 tons decrease in comparison to the same period of last year while the number of the crossing ships registered a 6 ship retreat.

The official statistics issued by Suez Canal organization assured that the total number of the Israeli crossing ships during the same period reached 16 in last year and that the total crossing cargos reached 305,000 tons in comparison with 445,000 tons in last year.

The statistics clarified that there was no crossing Israeli ship during last June and that the cargos of the Israeli crossing ships to the canal registered a 30,000 tons retreat in this month.

Official sources in the Suez Canal organization negated that this retreat is due to the Israeli efforts which aim at finding alternatives to crossing the Suez Canal, assuring that this retreat could be due to the search of the Israeli ships for a less expensive way to move their goods.