Indicator citation card

Suez Canal container-ship transit change

-67 % vs. baseline · weekly transits, UNCTAD rapid assessment (Feb 2024)

stale snapshot — review recommended · reviewed as of June 5, 2026
Value-67 % vs. baseline
Periodweekly transits, UNCTAD rapid assessment (Feb 2024)
As ofFebruary 22, 2024
Last reviewedJune 5, 2026
Confidencemedium
Data modelive · source-linked
Citation readinesshigh readiness

Note

UNCTAD reported that weekly container-ship transits through the Suez Canal had fallen by 67% as major carriers suspended Suez transits (rapid assessment, 22 February 2024). A dated source-reported snapshot of the acute phase, not real-time; a manual review against fresher data is recommended.

Version history

This observation is byte-present in 151 frozen dataset versions, from v1.37.0 to v1.187.0. Appearances are derived from committed frozen payloads only — not fabricated for versions that predate the full-payload store.

Full record history: records/observation--obs-redsea-containers/data.json · per-version field diffs: /changes/compare.

Relationships & machine-readable

Indicator JSON (with a relationship graph): indicators/obs-redsea-containers/data.json · source page: UNCTAD — Navigating troubled waters (Red Sea / Suez rapid assessment) · per-record provenance.

How to cite

Suez Canal container-ship transit change: -67 % vs. baseline (weekly transits, UNCTAD rapid assessment (Feb 2024)), UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), via Warconomy. https://warconomy.com/indicators/obs-redsea-containers. Source-linked, manually maintained; not real-time.

Machine-readable: data.json · source registry · full page.