Evergreen and others: All Return to Suez, moving container operators to the Red Sea becomes commonplace. Tomorrow, after a three-year hiatus, it will be done by Uwerk, who has a special relationship with this track. 5 years ago, his container ship blocked the Suez Canal. The first voyage will be performed by the 16,556 TEU Ever Eon on route NEU7/CES. Evergreen will be the last member of the Ocean Alliance to return to the short route - CMA CGM, Cosco and OOCL have done so before. Gemini continues its return - recently Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd announced the transfer of the ME1 route to the Suez Canal, which connects India and Europe. The Prime Minister's Alliance (Ocean Network Express, HMM and Yang Ming) is also preparing to resume additional flights through the Suez Canal. According to Linerlytica, all three largest alliances and MSC in the first quarter will fully restore transportation on the short route, after which the only "white sheep" of the top 10 will remain the Israeli company Ziam. The sale of Hapag-Lloyd will not take place this year. A return to the Suez Canal, according to Xeneta, could actually free up between 6% and 8% of global container capacity. ←️ And this is at a time when the construction of new ships continues to break records. In the first 10 months of 2026, orders reached a record of 6.4 million TEU, and the total order book reached a historic high of 16.6 million TEU (1.8% of the current fleet). Experts warn that this could lower global prices. ←️ But in the meantime they are holding close to the annual highs. Last week, the Sparrow Index fell by just 1% to #036; 4.389 per FEU. Mainly due to two directions: -️ -2% (to $3615) on the route Shanghai - Rotterdam; -️ -3% (to & #036;9303 for FEU) on the route Shanghai - New York. In Rotterdam, prices are under pressure from a return to the Suez Canal, while New York is affected by the end of restrictions on the Panama Canal.

Evergreen and others: All Return to Suez, moving container operators to the Red Sea becomes commonplace. Tomorrow, after a three-year hiatus, it will be done by Uwerk, who has a special relationship with this track. 5 years ago, his container ship blocked the Suez Canal. The first voyage will be performed by the 16,556 TEU Ever Eon on route NEU7/CES. Evergreen will be the last member of the Ocean Alliance to return to the short route - CMA CGM, Cosco and OOCL have done so before. Gemini continues its return - recently Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd announced the transfer of the ME1 route to the Suez Canal, which connects India and Europe. The Prime Minister's Alliance (Ocean Network Express, HMM and Yang Ming) is also preparing to resume additional flights through the Suez Canal. According to Linerlytica, all three largest alliances and MSC in the first quarter will fully restore transportation on the short route, after which the only "white sheep" of the top 10 will remain the Israeli company Ziam. The sale of Hapag-Lloyd will not take place this year. A return to the Suez Canal, according to Xeneta, could actually free up between 6% and 8% of global container capacity. ←️ And this is at a time when the construction of new ships continues to break records. In the first 10 months of 2026, orders reached a record of 6.4 million TEU, and the total order book reached a historic high of 16.6 million TEU (1.8% of the current fleet). Experts warn that this could lower global prices. ←️ But in the meantime they are holding close to the annual highs. Last week, the Sparrow Index fell by just 1% to #036; 4.389 per FEU. Mainly due to two directions: -️ -2% (to $3615) on the route Shanghai - Rotterdam; -️ -3% (to & #036;9303 for FEU) on the route Shanghai - New York. In Rotterdam, prices are under pressure from a return to the Suez Canal, while New York is affected by the end of restrictions on the Panama Canal.