Maersk on Thursday said it is resuming scheduled service through the Red Sea-Suez Canal route for the first time in two years.
The announcement follows what the carrier called a successful test when the U.S.-flagged Maersk Denver transited the Suez Canal route January 11-12 on the westbound MECL service connecting India and the United States.
Maersk in a customer advisory said the move is a “structural return” of the MECL service to the trans-Suez route. The company earlier characterized this as a stepwise approach to gradually re-introduce capacity at a time when carriers have been struggling with depressed rates amid uneven demand and an influx of new vessels.
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