Maersk Directs Almost All Ships Towards the Suez Canal

A schedule from the Danish shipping company Maersk, reviewed by Reuters on Thursday, shows that the company will now route nearly all container ships sailing between Asia and Europe through the Suez Canal, with only a few vessels rerouted around Africa. Major shipping companies, including Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, had stopped using the Red Sea routes and the Suez Canal earlier this month after the Houthi group in Yemen began targeting ships, disrupting global trade. Instead, the companies redirected their vessels around Africa via the Cape of Good Hope to avoid attacks, imposing additional charges on customers, which resulted in days or weeks added to the transit time for goods moving from Asia to Europe and the East Coast of North America.