The traffic of Suez Canal in October
2008 increased by 8% to 1,930 vessels (compared
to 1,787 vessels in October of 2007), from which 393 (+27.2%)
were oil tankers and 1,537 (+4%) were vessels of
other types.
The total traffic in the ten months period (January
– October 2008), amounted to 18,085 vessels (+7.2%), from
which 3,142 were oil tankers (+10.4%) and
14,943 (+6.6%) were vessels of other types.