The head of the Suez Canal Authority on Monday 4/7/2022, the Suez Canal’s navigation statistics during the fiscal year 2021/2022 recorded the highest annual net tonnage for a fiscal year of 1.32 billion tons and the highest annual financial revenue of $7 billion.
The number of ships that crossed the canal during that period is 22032 compared to 19,047 ships during the previous fiscal year, a difference of 2,985 ships.
-Container ships took the first place, as 5520 ships crossed with a total net tonnage of 638,000 tons, achieving revenues of $3.4 billion.
-Dry bulk vessels came in second place as the most important category of vessels transiting the canal, as 6,327 bulk vessels with a total net tonnage of 254 thousand tons crossed, achieving revenues of 1.3 billion dollars.
-Oil tankers ranked third in terms of their relative importance, as 5451 tankers crossed with a total net tonnage of 236 thousand tons, achieving revenues of 1.2 billion dollars, then liquefied natural gas tankers, where 886 LNG tankers crossed with a total net tonnage of 97 thousand tons, achieving revenues It amounted to 435 million dollars.
-The transit channel also witnessed 1,959 general cargo ships, 966 car carriers, and 60 passenger ships.
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