Tuesday 25/November/2025 – 02:46 PM
Authority announced Suez Canaland Maersk Group A.P. Muller, in a joint media statement, the start of the return of the group’s container ships to transit the Suez Canal as of the beginning of next December in preparation for their full return. This came after bilateral discussions between the two sides, which resulted in the signing of the strategic partnership agreement.
Lieutenant General Osama Rabie, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, and Vincent Clerc, CEO of APMoller-Maersk Group, witnessed the signing ceremony of the strategic partnership agreement between the Suez Canal Authority and APMoller-Maersk Group, at the new marina building in Ismailia Governorate.
For his part, Lieutenant General Osama Rabie, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, confirmed that the return of Maersk Group container ships represents a return in the right direction to the optimal path for the sustainability of global supply chains as the shortest, fastest and safest navigational route linking East and West.
The Chairman of the Authority added that the strategic partnership agreement is considered an essential link in the future of joint relations between the two sides, as it opens new horizons for cooperation in various maritime and logistical fields, in addition to restoring the transit movement of the group’s ships through the Suez Canal, which during the year 2023 recorded the transit of 1,158 ships with a total net tonnage of 127 million tons, recording revenues of 733 million dollars.
Navigation rates in the Suez Canal
The Chairman of the Authority pointed out the immediate and direct effects of the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit, with the summit achieving its goals in restoring stability to the region, as recovery in navigation rates in the canal began, recorded last October, with the transit of 1,136 ships, with a total net tonnage of 47.1 million tons, with a total revenue of 372.9 million dollars, compared to the transit of 1,136 ships, with a total net tonnage of 40.4 million tons, with a total revenue of 322.1 million dollars. Million dollars during October of last year.
Lieutenant General Rabie also touched on the navigation statistics on the canal expected during the month of November, as it witnessed a complete recovery, recording the crossing of 1,156 ships, with a total net tonnage of 48.5 million tons, with a total revenue of $383.4 million, compared to the transit of 1,000 ships, with a total net tonnage of 38.3 million tons, with a total revenue of $300.6 million during the month of November of last year.
Intensive discussions with all shipping lines
The Chairman of the Authority revealed that the coming period will witness the holding of intensive discussions with all shipping lines to discuss amending sailing schedules and timings for the return of ships to cross again from the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab. He pointed in this regard to the results of the advanced discussions held with the shipping line CMA CGM, which resulted in the decision to fully return to crossing the Suez Canal and Bab al-Mandab next December, praising the fruitful cooperation with the success partners of shipping agencies in overcoming obstacles and enhancing Communication with customers.
Lieutenant General Rabie stressed that the Suez Canal, since the outbreak of the Red Sea crisis, has been a pioneer in communicating with all shipping lines and strengthening and diversifying its service network, in addition to strengthening its fleet with various types of new marine units, in addition to the authority adopting a package of flexible pricing policies that include a 15% discount for container ships with a tonnage exceeding 130 thousand tons.
