The Suez Canal Authority is multiplying its efforts to convince the main liner shipping companies to reconsider the possibility of returning their ships to the route that crosses the Suez Canal and is repeatedly convening and holding meetings with carriers' representatives maritime authorities, highlighting that the security situation in the region of the Red Sea is experiencing positive developments. If in the area it seems effectively lowered the threat of attacks on ships by of Yemeni Houthi rebels - incidents taking place since the end of 2023 that have led ocean carriers to direct their ships on the route that circumnavigates Africa passing around the Cape of Good Hope - however recently the Houthis have entered the Israeli Armed Forces after they conducted rocket attacks against the territory of Israel. In the region therefore a high degree of risk remains and the Suez Canal Authority's best efforts to induce shipping companies to restore the transits of their ships through the Egyptian canal.

However, a slight sign of improvement in the situation is was recorded last March when it returned to growth the number of tankers transiting the Suez Canal, an increase that is also a consequence of the comparison with the sharp decline in the maritime traffic that took place in the same period of 2024. Last March the total number of ship transits was 1,071 units, with a limited decrease of -4.0% on March 2024, of which 436 tankers (+8.5%) and 635 other types of vessels (-10,9%). Unofficial data also indicate a further easing of the decline in traffic in April 2025, with a year-on-year decrease of about -3%.

In the first three months of 2025, maritime traffic in the canal was 2,981 ships, a decrease of -17.1% on the first quarter of last year, of which 1,120 tankers (-9.5%) and 1,861 other types of ships (-21.1%). The SCNT tonnage of ships transited amounted to 115.6 million tons (-23.1%). The only positive note is the increase in revenues generated by transit charges paid by ships that in the first quarters of this year amounted to £45.5 billion ($899 million), up +16.4% over the former three months of 2024.