Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd will move four more container services through the Suez Canal as the two companies bring more ships back to the shorter route between Asia and Europe.
The four services, AE5, AE11, AE12 and ME2, will switch from the Cape of Good Hope route to the Suez Canal, Maersk said on Monday. This will take the number of Gemini Cooperation services using the Suez route to six. AE15 and AE19 have already returned to the canal.
Shipping companies stopped using the Suez Canal earlier this decade following attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthis.
Ships were instead sent around the Cape of Good Hope, making some Asia-Europe voyages thousands of nautical miles longer. The longer route has meant higher fuel use, higher costs and longer transit times.
Maersk said the Suez Canal is an important shipping route between East and West and that the four services would offer customers shorter transit times by using
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