Although in recent years the maritime transport sector has much easier than containerized first decades of life of this shipping segment in the modify its network of maritime routes in order to adapt it circumstances, however, even today substantial changes to the Structure of the network of primary liner maritime services take weeks, if not months. So so far they have not had best efforts by the Canal Authority Suez to entice the main shipping companies to bring their ships back to the route that crosses the Egyptian channel, after most of the vectors of This and other sectors of maritime transport have abandoned following attacks conducted since late 2023 by the Yemeni Houthi rebels against the naval units in transit in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

The dutiful and remarkable commitment made by the Suez Canal Authority to convince ocean carriers to redirect their services through the Suez Canal has not yet had a positive result despite the attacks in recent weeks of the Shiite Houthis ended after the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The attacks were motivated by solidarity with the Palestinian cause and in recent days the Houthis have announced would now be conducted only against ships of owned, controlled or operated by Israeli entities and against units bound for Israeli ports. Similar announcement to those repeated in the first months of the crisis when already At that time, however, attacks were also directed against ships not directly or indirectly connected with Israel.

The Canal Authority has done its best to convince ocean carriers to reconsider the route through Suez and is continuing to do so, as happened yesterday in the during a meeting that the president of the Suez Canal Authority, Osama Rabie, had with 23 representatives of maritime operators during which he highlighted that the situation in the Red Sea is recording many positive signs and - has underlined - the conditions are ripe for a gradual return of the maritime traffic in the region. In addition, Rabie specified that the Authority stands ready to support the return of ships in the channel also through flexible tariff policies for each type of ship, as was the case before the crisis, and introducing discount programs.

A request that the participants accepted. However According to their statements, they do not seem ready to accept it immediately. Appreciation for the commitment of the Egyptian authority for the development of the canal and for the support of maritime services that pass through it has been expressed, among others, by Bahaa Badr, Chairman of Arabian Gulf Marine Trading Co. Shipping Agency, the Egyptian shipping agency that represents the Taiwanese shipping Evergreen, by Ehab Banan, President of the representation in Cairo of the shipping agency and shipping companies London brokerage and consultancy Clarkson Shipping Agency, by Hany ElNady of Maersk Egypt Shipping Agency, representative of the Maersk shipping group for the region of Middle East and North Africa, by Mohammed Badawi, Administrator delegate of the Gulf Agency Company Egypt (GAC Egypt), by Tariq Zaghloul, Managing Director of CMA CGM Egypt & Sudan Cluster, regional representation of the shipping group CMA CGM, by Ehab Fathy representing the MSC shipping group, and other exponents of the shipping world, including Mamdouh Taha, CEO of COSCO Shipping Lines (Egypt), the Egyptian shipping agency of the Chinese shipping group COSCO.

All the participants declared themselves ready to make use of the again of the canal and the services of the Suez Canal Authority. However, representatives of shipping companies have specified that they are still waiting confirmation of the continuation of the condition of stability and normality in the Red Sea region before reorganizing the sea lines to bring them back through the Suez Canal. A return to the previous configuration of the route network which, So, it's not around the corner.