If the resumption of the crossings of the Suez Canal by of the French CMA CGM was confirmed yesterday by the transit of the ship in the Egyptian waterway CMA CGM Jacques Saadé travelling from Morocco to Malaysia, yesterday's crossing of the container ship Maersk Sebarok, coming from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and bound for the Mediterranean as part of the northbound convoy of which it was the CMA CGM Adonis also starts, representing the return of the ships of the Danish Maersk Line on the route via the canal Egyptian.

The transit of the Maersk Sebarok is significant being that of Maersk Line the largest share of ships enrolled in the Maritime Security Program (MSP) of the US Maritime Adrministration (Marad), a program that includes container carriers that have been accused of carrying weapons destined for Israel. The crisis in the Red Sea had begun at the end of the 2023 when Yemeni Houthi rebels, expressing solidarity to the Palestinian population, had begun to attack ships in transit in the region that were believed to have weapons on board for Israel or were believed to have links to interests Israelis.

If these transits certainly represent a manifestation of confidence of some shipping companies on the restoration in the Red Sea region, however, the current number of ships crossing the canal is still equal to less than half of what it was before the crisis. Highlighting whereas the transits of CMA CGM and Maersk containerships Line represent significant steps forward in standardization of the canal's activity, the president of the Suez Canal Authority, Osama Rabie, stressed that they will have a profound impact on the introduction of positive changes in the market maritime transport. Calling on other shipping companies to adjust their plans and resume navigation in the region of the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and through Suez Canal, Rabie said he was certain that the next year there will be a gradual increase in the volumes of traffic in the canal and in the second half of 2026 will reach normal traffic levels.