Suez Canal traffic has dropped 66%, Maersk claims
NewsSince shipping companies rerouted around Africa, Suez Canal traffic has dropped 66%, causing port congestion and supply chain disruptions, Maersk reports.
Recent attacks by Iranian-backed Houti rebels on Maersk Line, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)-operated containerships in the Red Sea have thwarted hopes that ‘Operation Prosperity Guardian’ – a coalition of naval ships led by the US – would make the area safer and allow transits of the Suez Canal to return to normal.
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