News / Lines using cheaper Cape of Good Hope route will cost Suez Canal $10m

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06/05/2020

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is set to lose over $10m in revenue from container lines routing vessels via the Cape of Good Hope rather than its waterway.

According to new Alphaliner research, “the number of containerships that have opted to use the Cape route and ...

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Patrick Rumble
December 02, 2020 at 9:04 am
In various sites in and around Cape Town there are many, many empty containers staged. How come there is a shortage of containers?

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