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The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is optimistic that transits are gradually returning to normal after the canal witnessed the passage of three mega ships operated by CMA CGM in a span of one week.
Just a day after the UN Security Council overwhelmingly voted to renew sanctions against the Yemeni Houthis’ who have been waging attacks on commercial vessels forcing them to avoid the Red Sea, SCA now believes the situation is easing and mega ships are making transits through the canal.
On November 15, the Suez Canal celebrated an operational milestone after the newly delivered CMA CGM ship Helium made its maiden transit through the waterway. Delivered by South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Samho last month, the 335 meters with a gross tonnage of 130,000 tonnes is part of new series of 12 container vessels fitted with dual-fuel engines that can operate on methanol that are being built by CMA CGM, the world’s third-largest container shipping company. The ship transited the canal as part of the northbound convoy en route from Singapore and calling at Egypt’s Alexandria port.
Another CMA CGM boxship, Jules Verne, also transited the waterway as part of the northbound convoy en route from Singapore to Lebanon after safely passing through the Red Sea and the Bab…