Rabie meets with the Executive Vice President of Assets and Operations at the CMA CGM Group to coordinate future operations and review the group’s navigation policies through the Canal
The Suez Canal Authority SCA has begun its efforts to communicate with its customers, including major shipping lines, ship owners, and shipping agencies, to discuss the impact of positive developments in the security situation in the Red Sea region on shipping traffic. Freedom of navigation.
Discuss future cooperation and coordination via video conference
In immediate response to these developments, Lieutenant General Osama Rabie, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, met today, Wednesday, with Ms. Christine Cabu, Executive Vice President of Assets and Operations at the CMA CGM Group, and Mr. Tarek Zaghloul, CEO of the CMA CGM Group in Egypt and Sudan, to discuss future cooperation and coordination via video conference
The navigation policies of CMA CGM
The meeting reviewed the navigation policies of the French shipping line CMA CGM in the Red Sea region and discussed ways to capitalize on the positive indicators of the return of stability to the Red Sea region.
The strategic partnership between SCA and CMA CGM
At the beginning of the meeting, Admiral Osama Rabie expressed his appreciation for the strategic partnership between the Suez Canal Authority SCA and the French shipping line CMA CGM, which has resulted in the continued transit of some of the group’s services through the Suez Canal despite the security challenges in the region.
CMA CGM ranked first
The Chairman of SCA pointed out that the CMA CGM shipping line ranked first in terms of net tonnage of container ships transiting the Canal during the first four months of 2025, representing a relative importance of 19% of the total container ship tonnage transiting the Canal during that period.
Admiral Rabie emphasized that the positive developments in the security situation in the Red Sea region are a positive sign and a positive indicator that can be built upon to change navigation policies and re-open transit through the Red Sea and Suez Canal.
Security situation in the Red Sea region
For her part, Ms. Christine Cabeau, Executive Vice President of Assets and Operations at the CMA CGM Group, expressed her happiness with the positive developments in the security situation in the Red Sea region, which will be taken into account when the group assesses the situation in the region and prepares navigation schedules, taking into account maritime safety considerations for ships and crews, as well as new developments.
The Executive Vice President of Assets and Operations at the CMA CGM Group affirmed the group’s keenness to re-open transit through the Suez Canal, considering it the shortest and fastest route compared to the Cape of Good Hope route.
The CMA CGM Group‘s Executive Vice President of Assets and Operations explained that the group already has a fixed service operating on the Suez Canal, noting in this regard that the group is seeking to operate an additional service in the coming period.
Official Spokesperson for the Suez Canal Authority George Safwat stated
