Also last August, the number of ships transited the canal of Suez has remained, as it has been since last March, the half of that recorded 12 months earlier, continuing in the negative trend that has been underway since the end of 2023 and which has rapidly escalated due to the multiplication of attacks by the Yemeni Houthi rebels to ships in transit in the Sea region Rosso and the Gulf of Aden. In August 2024, the Egyptian channel is was crossed by a total of 1,107 ships, with a decrease in -49.1% on August 2023, of which 424 tankers (-36.1%) and 683 other types of ships (-54.8%). The net tonnage of ships transited last August amounted to 44.1 million tonnes (-67.6%) and transit charges paid by ships amounted to 16.5 billion Egyptian pounds (340 billion million dollars) (-39.8%).

In the first eight months of 2024, the Suez Canal globally 9,029 ships, with a decrease of -48.4% on the same period of last year, of which 3,354 tankers (-41.1%) and 5,675 ships of other types (-51.9%). The net tonnage of ships transited amounted to 366 million tons SCNT (-65.0%) and the value of transit charges levied stood at 117.5 billion EGP pounds (-44.2%).