A Maersk containership is seen near Suez Canal Bridge which is known as the "Peace Bridge" in the Suez Canal, Egypt, August 6, 2023. Suez Canal Authority/Handout via REUTERS
COPENHAGEN, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Danish shipping company Maersk MAERSKb.CO said on Wednesday it had no specific timeline for when it would resume sailings through the Red Sea for its Gemini network with Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd HLAG.DE.
“Gemini’s ambition has always been to return to a Suez-based East-West network once security conditions in the region permit,” Maersk said in a statement.
“However, as the safety of crew, vessels and cargo remains our top priority, we currently have no specific timing to change the Gemini East-West network to sailing through the Red Sea,” it said.
(Reporting by Louise Breusch Rasmussen, editing by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen)
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