The negative trend continued in June and early July
Last May, ship traffic in the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8% as 1,035 ships transited compared to 1,111 units in May 2024. Both the transits of tankers which amounted to 425 units (-5.8%) and those of other types of ships stood at 610 units (-7.6%). The SCNT tonnage of ships that have crossed the Egyptian canal in May 2025 was equal to overall to 41.7 million tons (-7.1%). Income generated by transit fees paid by ships recorded an increase of +5.7% having totaled 16.8 billion Egyptian pounds ($339 million).
In the first five months of 2025, the channel was crossed by a total of 5,054 ships, with a decrease in -13.3% on the same period of last year, of which 1,959 tankers (-6.7%) and 3,095 other types of ships (-17.1%). The overall SCNT tonnage of ships transited was equal to to 198.1 million tonnes (-17.1%) and in the period Transit payments amounted to 79.1 million EGP (+11.7%).
Unofficial data indicate a continuation of the trend of decrease in maritime traffic in the Egyptian waterway with a year-on-year reduction of -7.8% in transits made last month and a -7.1% drop in transits in the first 13 days of July, a negative trend that seems destined to persist following of the resurgence of attacks on ships crossing the Red Sea conducted in recent days by the Houthi rebels who have caused the death of some crew members.
