The Suez Canal is finally showing signs of life, but the global press remains wary

TheWashington Post offered a boots-on-the-ground look at the Suez Canal’s control room in Ismailia, where radar screens track returning vessels transiting the canal. Since the October Gaza ceasefire took hold, daily transits have increased to an average of 45 ships, up from a 35-ship average before the truce, but still below the 70 vessels per day before the conflict.

The risk of future conflicts still hangs over the canal’s recovery, as “no carrier wants to return to the Red Sea, only to get out of there again,” Acled senior Yemen analyst Luca Nevola told the Post. While the Houthis have said they will resume attacks on passing vessels if they start its operations in Gaza, Nevola warns that a future conflict with Houthi-ally Iran could also lead to renewed Red Sea attacks.