Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd announce that they will sail more container ships through the Suez Canal.

Two oil tankers departing Saudi Arabia, "Xin Long Yang" and "Rodos", turn around in the Red Sea and head for the Suez Canal instead of the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, after a warning by Houthi-controlled Yemen.
2026-07-21

Danish shipping company Maersk announces that they will resume services through the Red Sea for its WAF6 service.
2026-07-13

Danish shipping company Maersk says that they will take a "cautious approach" for vessels to cross the Strait of Hormuz despite the ceasefire and says that they have not provided security certainty as to when normal operations would resume.
2026-04-8

German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd says that it still does not plan to resume transiting the Strait of Hormuz despite the two-week ceasefire. They also say that it would need 6–8 weeks for recovery and for normal operations to resume.
2026-04-8

German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd says that projectile fragments hit the Liberia-flagged container vessel "Source Blessing" ⁠near the Strait.
2026-03-12

Danish shipping firm Maersk says that it is suspending all vessel transits through the Strait of Hormuz until further notice due to the ongoing conflict in the Persian Gulf.
2026-03-1

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Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd announce that they will sail more container ships through the Suez Canal.

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