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Maersk announced that four more of its joint container services with Hapag-Lloyd will resume journeys through the Suez Canal, as they gradually return to using the shortcut between Asia and Europe.
Most shipping companies abandoned the Asia-Europe trade corridor via the Egyptian route earlier this decade following attacks by Yemen's Houthis in the Red Sea, forcing vessels to undertake the much longer journey around Africa.
"The Suez Canal is a vital maritime corridor between East and West and a key driver for the efficiency of global supply chains," Danish Maersk stated in a press release.
"By shifting the AE5, AE11, AE12, and ME2 services to the trans-Suez corridor instead of sailing around the Cape of Good Hope, we will offer more efficient transit times to our customers," it added.
"The two companies will continue to monitor the situation in the Middle East very closely, and any changes to their services within the Gemini cooperation network will depend on no escalation of conflicts in the region," Maersk affirmed.
In early July and then again in August, Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd announced that they would resume some services connecting Asia, the Mediterranean, and Europe through the Suez Canal.
The two companies formed the Gemini network last year in order to reduce their transport costs and improve the punctuality of their itineraries.
