Since Hapag-Lloyd AG rerouted its container ships due to the security situation in the Red Sea, it is no longer possible to call at ports in Saudi Arabia (SA) and Jordan (JO).
Hapag-Lloyd, but also other shipping companies such as Maersk, expect supply routes through the Red Sea to ports in the Near and Middle East, but also on the routes from Asia to Europe, to be interrupted for months.
Hapag is making a live ticker available to its customers so that they can follow the latest developments. Well over 100 passages of the Hamburg-based shipping company and its partners are currently affected, which is why Hapag has set up land corridors from the Persian Gulf (Jebel Ali (UAE), Dammam (SA) and Jubail (SA)) to Jeddah (SA) on the Red Sea and also directly to neighbouring Jordan. The shipping company hopes to minimise delays with this "shuttle service". While it is not the optimal solution in terms of capacity, it offers another option for current transit times, especially where alternative routes become too long, says Hapag.
Land routes through Saudi Arabia and to Jordan. Graphic: Hapag-Lloyd
The company also promises to expand its inland shipping network. Hapag says it normally serves 55 ports and has 53 inland terminals in the Middle East. The alternative is the latest in a series of measures shipping companies have taken to mitigate delays.
Analysts reported that more than 500 of the 700 container ships scheduled for routes through the Red Sea have already been diverted. The French shipping company CMA CGM is also diverting its ships travelling from Northern Europe to Australia around Africa, citing the disruption and lack of predictability in the region. At the same time, it declared that it would stick to the passage through the Red Sea and gradually increase the number of ships again.
Source: The Maritime Executive
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