{
  "id": 18295679,
  "title": "Drewry: Red Sea Diversion Tracker Shows Significant Increase in Suez Canal Transits",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/drewry-red-sea-diversion-tracker-shows-significant-increase-in-suez",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-05T11:00:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/drewry-red-sea-diversion-tracker-shows-significant-increase-in-suez-canal-transits/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Drewry's Red Sea Diversion Tracker provides crucial intelligence on the shifting network of carrier routes, particularly focusing on the impact of regional security changes. The tracker, updated every other Tuesday, reveals a significant surge in Suez Canal transits. In the week ending November 1st, 53 containerships passed through the canal in either direction, marking a staggering 130% increase compared to the same period last year. Moreover, 60% of Asia-Europe capacity is now utilizing the Suez route, marking a reversal from the diversions that persisted for nearly three years. This upward trend is evident, with five consecutive weeks recording more than 50 Suez transits, underscoring the growing momentum of containerships shifting back to the Suez route from the Cape of Good Hope. The average number of Suez Canal transits over the latest three weeks stands at 57, a 13% rise from the average of the preceding three weeks. In addition to the tracker, Drewry now offers weekly insights and recommendations regarding the Suez Canal, Strait of Hormuz, Cape of Good Hope, and the Panama Canal, all part of their Container Capacity Insight subscription service.",
  "summary": "With regional security changing rapidly, Drewry’s Red Sea Diversion Tracker delivers timely intelligence to shippers, carriers, ports and other stakeholders on the evolving structure of carrier networks. This tracker page is updated fortnightly (every other Tuesday). Most Asia-Europe capacity now back via Suez During the week ended 1 Nov, 53 containerships transited the Suez Canal ...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}