Hapag-Lloyd Continues Avoiding Suez 

Sudan Events – Sumaya Sayed

Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd will continue to divert its vessels away from the Suez Canal and around the Cape of Good Hope for security reasons, a spokesperson for the company said on

Tuesday.

“We monitor the situation closely day-by-day, but will continue to reroute our vessels until January 9,” the spokesperson for the world’s fifth biggest container liner said in reply to a query.

The company will decide on that day whether or not to continue rerouting ships, the spokesperson added, referring to the results of a meeting of its crisis committee.

East-West trades take more time and incur more expenses by having to circumnavigate Africa via the alternative route and operators have charged customers extra fees