Container Lines Return to the Suez Canal Despite Houthi Gains at Bab el-Mandeb
On September 16 the OOCL Portugal made COSCO Shipping Lines' first southbound Suez transit of this return. That same day 39 ships carrying 2.3 million net tons went through the canal. For a waterway that container lines had largely given up on since early 2024, those are real…