The number of containerships diverted to the Cape Route has reached 262 ships as
at 31 December 2023 with a total capacity of 3.4m teu or 12% of the global
capacity. Apart from ships diverted from the Suez route, there is also an
increasing number of ships diverted from the Panama Canal to avoid the Canal
congestion.
With the crisis hitting Europe rates the hardest, European carriers have taken a
divergent approach with Maersk and CMA CGM resuming Suez transits as of last
week while MSC and Ha