The Maersk Genoa, Maersk Londrina, Ebba Maersk and Gjertrud Maersk container vessels, which had been sitting within the Pink Sea simply south of Saudi Arabia’s port of Jeddah in latest days, had been on Thursday rerouted across the Cape of Good Hope, a Maersk schedule confirmed.
A fifth vessel, Maersk Utah, that had additionally been caught within the space, had not but been rerouted, however a Maersk spokesperson mentioned it could not sail previous Yemen.
Sending the ships again through the Suez Canal would incur recent charges to pay for the passage via the canal and add vital delays and additional gas prices for a journey across the Cape of Good Hope.
Maersk mentioned final month it had imposed a transit disruption surcharge (TDS) and a peak season surcharge (PSS), including a complete of US$700 to the price of a typical 20-foot container travelling from China to Northern Europe.
The Suez Canal is utilized by roughly one-third of world container ship cargo, and re-directing ships across the southern tip of Africa is anticipated to value as much as US$1 million additional in gas for each spherical journey between Asia and Northern Europe.
