Last October, 2,345 ships passed through the Suez Canal. This number represents an increase of +10.0% over October 2022 and It is the second highest ever being lower only to the all-time record of 2,396 ships transited in May 2023. The Last October, tanker crossings recorded a significant growth of +19.5% with 705 units transited, while the traffic of other types of ships marked a up +6.4% with a total of 1,640 units. Tonnage total net of ships transited in October 2023 was equal to 138.4 million tonnes SCNT (+8.8%).

In the first ten months of this year, maritime traffic in the Egyptian canal was 22,029 ships, an increase of +13.1% compared to the same period last year, of which 7,088 tankers (+33.5%) and 14,941 other types (+5.4%). The total SCNT tonnes of the vessels transited were €1.31 billion (+13.7%).