Evergreen Returns to Suez Canal After Nearly Three-Year Hiatus

Evergreen has resumed transits through the Suez Canal after a suspension of nearly three years, the Suez Canal Authority said Sunday, as the container ship Ever Eon made its first passage through the waterway.

Authority chairman Osama Rabie announced the return and said Evergreen planned further voyages through the canal in the coming period, according to The Egyptian Gazette.

The Ever Eon is 369 meters long and 53.6 meters wide, with capacity for up to 16,556 standard 20-foot containers. It operates on the Ocean Alliance's NEU 7 service between the Far East and northwestern Europe, the report said.

Rabie described the return as a sign of recovering trade through the canal following disruptions linked to the Red Sea crisis. The announcement does not mean every Evergreen service has returned to the route.