# Shipping: What will the return via Suez bring | World Ports Organization

> The Suez Canal Authority and Maersk signed a strategic agreement for vessels to gradually return to the canal from early December 2025. A CMA CGM ship transited the canal and Bab el-Mandeb Strait in early November. The Suez Canal recorded continued traffic growth in November 2025.

- Date: 2025-12-01 · published 2025-12-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16898-shipping-what-will-the-return-via-suez-bring-world-ports-organization
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Return to the Suez route adds container capacity and cuts ton-miles, which is expected to pressure container freight rates lower. Bulk grain freight impact is indirect.

## Read by commodity

- OCEANFRT: bearish ▼

## Sources

- worldports.org: https://www.worldports.org/shipping-what-will-the-return-via-suez-bring/

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