Last month, 2,264 ships passed through the Suez Canal. This number represents the new record for ship traffic for the month of November and an increase of +4.3% on November 2022 when The previous peak of transits related to this year had been marked. month. The new high for November has been released by the Suez Canal Authority, perhaps also with the intention of to reassure markets concerned about a possible reduction in the Traffic in the canal in light of the very recent attacks on ships that travel the route to and from the Egyptian canal that passes through the Red Sea and Indian Ocean caused by acts of piracy but also the repercussions of the Israeli-Hamas war and the ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.

Transit fees paid by ships that last month through the channel, generated revenues of €854.7 million dollars, with a significant increase of +20.3% over November 2022 which is part of the trend of accentuated increase in revenues from from the ship traffic in place since April 2021 when, resolved The incident of the stranding of the container ship that the month had blocked the activity for almost a week In the canal, maritime traffic had begun to grow quickly and consistently.