Last November, the decline in ship traffic in the canal of Suez marked the most marked decrease in the since the flow of ships in transit in the Egyptian waterway has begun to decline as a result of the attacks by Houthi rebels on ships in the Red Sea and in the Gulf of Aden, accidents that have led the companies to shipping to divert their ships on the longest route that passes around the Cape of Good Hope. Last November A thousand ships have passed through the Canal, with a -55.9% reduction on November 2023, including 385 tankers (-43.0%) and 615 other types of ships (-61.3%). Net tonnage SCNT of ships transited amounted to 38.3 million tonnes (-72.0%) and the tolls paid by ships to cross The canal totaled 14.8 billion EGP pounds (291 million dollars) (-44.6%).

In the first 11 months of 2024, maritime traffic in the canal was 12,207 vessels, with a decrease of -49.8% on the previous year. corresponding period of the previous year, of which 4,574 ships tanker (-41.1%) and 7,633 ships of other types (-53.8%). The total net tonnage of ships transited was by 485.8 million tonnes SCNT (-66.5%) and total rights paid by ships was 163.4 billion Egyptian pounds (-43.8%).