Evergreen’s 16,556-TEU Ever Eon Becomes Its First Ship To Cross Suez In Nearly 3 Years
Evergreen has returned to the Suez Canal after almost three years, with its 16,556-TEU containership Ever Eon sailing through the waterway on November 8, 2026.
The vessel was on a voyage from the Netherlands to Singapore, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said in a social media post.
At 369 metres in length and 53.6 metres in beam, Ever Eon works the Ocean Alliance’s NEU7 service, which ties the Far East to Northwest Europe.
SCA Chairman and Managing Director Admiral said that more voyages through the canal are on the cards for Evergreen in the coming period.
He termed the return a positive indicator that East-West trade is heading back to a sustainable path.
Evergreen stopped its Red Sea transits in December 2023 after attacks on commercial ships in the region, and rerouted its ships around the Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip of Africa.
The Suez Canal is normally the shortest sea link between Europe and Asia, and the detour around Africa can add one to two weeks to a voyage.
The carrier was also in the spotlight over the canal in March 2021, when the Ever Given, a ship leased by Evergreen Line, ran aground and blocked the waterway for six days.
Apart from Evergreen, the SCA listed CMA CGM, Maersk, MSC, Hapag-Lloyd and COSCO among the lines whose services are back on the canal route.
References: Suez Canal Authority, Container Management, CNN, Asharq Al-Awsat, Insurance Journal.
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