
Last January, the Suez Canal passed through the
A total of 1,046 ships, with a decrease of -23.2% on January
2024, of which 369 tankers (-20.0%) and 677 other tankers
type (-24.9%). The net tonnage of ships transited is
amounted to 39.5 million tonnes (-35.2%). After 12 months
consecutive sharp reduction, in January 2025 the revenues generated
from the rights of transit in the Egyptian canal marked a
growth of +17.3% to £15.6 billion
($308 million).
Meanwhile, the Suez Canal Authority has announced that the
13,213 ships transited globally in 2024, traffic that was
result down by -50.0% on the previous year
(
of 21
January and 13
February 2025), carried 457.8 million tonnes of
with a decrease of -65.4% on 2023, of which 335.8 million
tonnes embarked on southbound ships (-55.2%) and 122.0 tonnes
million tons on northbound ships (-78.7%).
Last year, among the main types of ships that
After crossing the Canal, the tankers totaled 4,954 transits
(-41.3%), bulk carriers 4,106 (-42.9%), container ships 1,748
(-70.1%), general cargo ships 1,437 transits (-30.1%),
ro-ro ships 154 (-25.6%), car carriers 122 (-88.7%),
liquefied natural gas 119 (-85.5%) and passenger ships 19
transits (-82.1%).