Taiwan-based container shipping firm Evergreen has resumed Suez Canal transits after nearly three years, following a suspension prompted by attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
The Ever Eon vessel transited the canal on Sunday as part of the northbound convoy, travelling from the Netherlands to Singapore, Suez Canal Authority said in a social media post yesterday.
It has a capacity of 16,556 TEU and is deployed on the NEU 7 service operated by the Ocean Alliance, connecting the Far East with Northwest Europe.
Suez Canal Authority Chairman and Managing Director Ossama Rabiee said Evergreen intends to resume additional voyages through the canal in the coming period.
He described the return as a positive indicator of the recovery of global trade between East and West.
The authority also highlighted the return of services operated by CMA CGM, Maersk, MSC, Hapag-Lloyd and COSCO to the Suez Canal route.
