After 19 months of decline, last July maritime traffic in the Suez Canal marked a slight increase of +0.8% being 1,055 ships transited compared to 1,047 in July 2024. The limited growth was generated by the +5.4% increase in transits tankers amounted to 431 units, while continued the negative trend in traffic of other vessels type having been equal to 624 units (-2.2%). The total SCNT tonnage of ships transiting the canal in July 2025 was 44.9 million tons (+6.9%). Transit fees paid by ships transited amounted to 17.5 billion EGP pounds ($360 million) (+14,4%).

In the first seven months of this year, ship traffic in the canal was 7,110 ships, with a decrease of -10.2% on the same period in 2024, of which 2,799 tankers (-4.5%) and 4,311 other types of units (-13.6%). The SCNT tonnage of ships transited was 321.8 million tons (-26.6%) and transit fees paid by ships amounted to 127.5 billion Egyptian pounds (+2.7%).

According to unofficial estimates, in August 2025 transits decreased by -3%, with an increase of +6% in tankers and a decrease of -12% of other ships.