Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd announced on August 10 that their AE19 Gemini service will stop routing around the Cape of Good Hope. The service will now transit the Suez Canal. Berlin Maersk takes the first westbound sailing on voyage 628W.
The route connects Chinese ports including Xingang, Qingdao, Busan, Ningbo and Shanghai with Tanjung Pelepas and Jeddah, then passes through the Suez Canal and Port Said before ending at Tangier. Hapag-Lloyd calls the same service SE4.
Houthi rebels declared a blockade targeting Saudi Arabian ships in July and resumed attacks on Red Sea shipping. Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd reassessed the security situation before deciding to move the route. The AE19 switch is the first Gemini service to return to Suez since those July attacks began.
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd Route AE19 Gemini Service Through Suez
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