{"id":666872,"date":"2025-06-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2025\/06\/16\/what-could-regional-escalations-mean-for-the-suez-canal\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T00:00:00","slug":"what-could-regional-escalations-mean-for-the-suez-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2025\/06\/16\/what-could-regional-escalations-mean-for-the-suez-canal\/","title":{"rendered":"What could regional escalations mean for the Suez Canal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>What do b<\/strong><strong>roader regional tensions following Israel and Iran trading airstrikes mean for <\/strong><strong>Egypt\u2019s Suez Canal?<\/strong> While the Suez Canal <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/7690ed7c-5751-44cd-beef-7830af20ec40\/what-could-the-escalations-between-israel-and-iran-mean-for-egypt%3F\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">has not seen disruptions so far<\/a> from the most recent escalation, Banking expert Hany Abou El Fotouh cautioned in comments to EnterpriseAM that \u201cdisruptions in regional maritime security or significant rises in ins. costs could temporarily prompt shipping lines to reconsider their routes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The disruptions could derail efforts to bring back global shipping lines to the waterway.<\/strong> Transit receipts from the Suez Canal dropped 62.3% y-o-y to USD 1.8 bn in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/c0a2cc8d-588d-4507-ad86-3181558c5899\/current-account-deficit-rises-to-usd-11.1-bn-in-1h-fy-2024-2025\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">1H FY 2024-2025<\/a> on the back of Red Sea disruptions that pushed ships to reroute away from the canal. Tonnage through the canal <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/dc1abb00-389d-4ff3-b7e7-a42f1979ac72\/deutsche-bank-gives-its-two-cents-on-egypt%25e2%2580%2599s-economy\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">was down some 70% y-o-y at 117.5 mn tons<\/a> in 2Q of this year \u2014 despite the Suez Canal Authority offering a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/caf84919-971c-47b2-9905-5ed2c7f2a125\/suez-canal-introduces-15%2525-reduction-on-transit-fee\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">15% discount in containership fees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Greece and the UK have already advised shipping firms to avoid sailing through the Gulf <\/strong><strong>of Aden<\/strong> \u2014 which acts as the southern gateway to the Suez Canal \u2014 and to log any and all movements through the Hormuz Strait, according to documents seen by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/greece-uk-urge-ships-avoid-red-sea-log-hormuz-voyages-documents-show-2025-06-13\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>. \u201cA large-scale return of container ships to the Red Sea seems less likely, a situation which continues to have a major impact on ocean container shipping rates 18 months after\u201d the Houthi\u2019s began their attacks on vessels transiting the region, Xeneta\u2019s Chief Shipping Analyst Peter Sand told <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/06\/13\/how-freight-ships-preparing-for-israel-iran-strait-of-hormuz-risks.html#:~:text=Suez%20Canal%20traffic%20is%20down,Red%20Sea%20shipping%20on%20hold.\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">CNBC<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>But for many, the real concern is that Iran follows through on its threats to close the Strait <\/strong><strong>of Hormuz<\/strong> \u2014 potentially leading to the cutting off about 30% of the world\u2019s daily oil supply and 20% of global LNG trade, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/6\/633.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">factsheet (pdf)<\/a> by the International Energy Agency. Closing the strait and cutting off key energy exporters Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE from the global market has the potential to completely disrupt global energy supply chains and violently ramp up energy costs, making Egypt\u2019s increased reliance on imported energy even more costly and increasing the risk of severe energy disruptions to the national grid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>\u201cFor now, this is a risk premium \u2014 owners will hold back from putting ships into the Gulf <\/strong><strong>on a business-as-usual basis<\/strong>,\u201d Oil Brokerage\u2019s Global Head of Shipping Research Anoop Singh told the business news service. Several shipping carriers are expected to push for a \u201csecurity surcharge\u201d on ocean freight container shipping rates in the \u201ccoming days\u201d amid \u201cinevitable disruption and port congestion, as well as the potential for higher oil prices,\u201d Sand said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greece and the UK have already advised shipping firms to avoid sailing through the Gulf of 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