{"id":54579,"date":"2026-03-10T13:03:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=54579"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:03:33","slug":"container-shipping-groups-maersk-and-hapag-lloyd-both-suspend-key-middle-east-shipping-routes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=54579","title":{"rendered":"<h3><b>Container shipping groups Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd both suspend key Middle East shipping routes<\/b><\/h3>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54580\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-10-at-1.02.03-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-10-at-1.02.03-PM.png 571w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-10-at-1.02.03-PM-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"css-1akm6h5-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">Container shipping groups\u00a0<a class=\"ekxajjj0 css-i0lbhy-OverridedLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/market-data\/quotes\/DK\/XCSE\/MAERSK.B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"company\">A.P. Moller-Maersk<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"css-1rb2hzw-ChicletStyle e1vl9ktx2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/market-data\/quotes\/DK\/XCSE\/MAERSK.B\">MAERSK.B\u00a0<span class=\"css-1hk2j0i-ChicletChange e1vl9ktx3\">-3.07%<\/span><span class=\"css-1uvikq0-Arrow e1vl9ktx1\"><span class=\"css-1q7p60h-ArrowHiddenLabel e1vl9ktx0\">decrease; red down pointing triangle<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"ekxajjj0 css-i0lbhy-OverridedLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/market-data\/quotes\/XE\/XETR\/HLAG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"company\">Hapag-Lloyd<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"css-1rb2hzw-ChicletStyle e1vl9ktx2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/market-data\/quotes\/XE\/XETR\/HLAG\">HLAG\u00a0<span class=\"css-1hk2j0i-ChicletChange e1vl9ktx3\">-1.00%<\/span><span class=\"css-1uvikq0-Arrow e1vl9ktx1\"><span class=\"css-1q7p60h-ArrowHiddenLabel e1vl9ktx0\">decrease; red down pointing triangle<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0suspended key shipping routes into and out of the Middle East as the fallout from the war in the region continues to disrupt trade flows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1akm6h5-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">Maersk said Friday that it suspended shipping routes connecting the Middle East with Europe and the Far East as well as its Gulf shuttle services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1akm6h5-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cFollowing our latest risk assessment and operational review and considering the escalating conflict affecting safe navigation in the Gulf region, we have made the decision to temporarily suspend the FM1 service (connecting Far East to Middle East) and as well the ME11 service (connecting Middle East to Europe),\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1akm6h5-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">The Danish shipping group also said that the ME1 service connecting the Middle East to Northern Europe will drop its call in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/logistics\/maersk-and-hapag-lloyd-suspend-key-middle-east-shipping-routes-2c5f5136?\">https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/logistics\/maersk-and-hapag-lloyd-suspend-key-middle-east-shipping-routes-2c5f5136?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}