Backlogs from Suez Closure Could Take Months to Clear, Maersk Says
The stranding of a containership in the Suez Canal has created disruptions in the global shipping industry that could take weeks and possibly months to clear, shipping group Maersk said.
“Even when the canal gets reopened, the ripple effects on global capacity and equipment are significant,” the world’s largest container shipping company said in an advisory statement for customers published on Monday.
Maersk has three vessels stuck in the canal and another 29 waiting to enter, it said, adding that it had so far rerouted 15 vessels to sail south of Africa instead.
“Assessing the current backlog of vessels, it could take six days or more for the complete queue to pass,” it said.
(Reporting by Nikolaj Skydsgaard; Editing by Kevin Liffey and Edmund Blair)
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