A return to relatively normalised container traffic through the Suez Canal could release up to 2.1 million TEU twenty-foot equivalent units of shipping capacity and trigger a short-term cargo surge at European ports, according to new analysis by Sea-Intelligence.
The analysis, published in issue 737 of Sea-Intelligences Sunday Spotlight newsletter, assesses the global operational impact should carriers resume Suez sailings following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Sea-Intelligence stresses that the scenario remains hypothetical as the Houthis have not yet declared a ceasefire. The findings illustrate the scale of operational changes that would follow a return to the Suez route.
