{"id":22470,"date":"2026-01-15T16:04:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/maersk-ramps-up-sailings-via-suez-canal-the-red-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:33:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:33:26","slug":"maersk-ramps-up-sailings-via-suez-canal-the-red-sea","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/maersk-ramps-up-sailings-via-suez-canal-the-red-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Maersk ramps up sailings via Suez Canal, the Red Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">This marks a first step towards ending two years of global trade disruption due to attacks on ships by Yemeni Houthi rebels.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Danish shipping group&#8217;s share price fell more than 7% on the news, reflecting the likelihood of lower freight rates as vessels gradually return to the shorter Suez route.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Shipping companies are weighing a return to the critical Asia-Europe trade corridor after vessels were rerouted in late 2023 around Africa following the Houthis&#8217; attacks in the Red Sea in what they said was to show solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Maersk said its weekly service connecting the Middle East and India with the United States east coast, known as MECL, will be first in the group&#8217;s staggered return to the Suez route, starting on January 26 with a sailing departing Oman&#8217;s port of Salalah.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;This decision follows a continued stabilisation of conditions in and around the Red Sea, including the Suez corridor, as well as improved stability and reliability in the region,&#8221; Maersk said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22471,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-22470","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Maersk will resume sailings via the Red Sea and Suez Canal for one of its services this month, the shipping group said on Thursday.\u00a0","published_date":null,"news_description":"Maersk will resume sailings via the Red Sea and Suez Canal for one of its services this month, the shipping group said on Thursday.\u00a0","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25758,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22470\/revisions\/25758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=22470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}