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Major Shipping Companies Gradually Return to the Suez Canal

MSC, the global shipping giant, said it would continue partially restoring transits through the Suez Canal for a limited number of its east-west services, and that it would resume the INDUSA service in the Red Sea. The announcement came hours after Maersk said 4 of its joint services with Hapag-Lloyd would resume operating through the Suez Canal. Maersk said on Monday that it would resume four other joint container services with Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd through the canal

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Major Shipping Companies Gradually Return to the Suez Canal

MSC said it would continue partially restoring transits through the Suez Canal for a limited number of its east-west services, while resuming the INDUSA service in the Red Sea. The announcement came hours after Maersk said on Monday that 4 of its joint services with Hapag-Lloyd would resume operating through the canal.

Gradual Resumption of East-West Services

MSC’s move is part of a gradual return of shipping operations through the Suez Canal. The step is limited to a small number of east-west services, alongside the resumption of the INDUSA service in the Red Sea.

Four Joint Maersk-Hapag-Lloyd Services

Maersk said on Monday that it would resume four other joint container services with Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd through the Suez Canal, in a move that bolsters the gradual return of major shipping companies to the waterway.

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