Maersk sends 20,568-TEU Manchester Maersk westbound through Suez on AE2 Asia-North Europe

Summary

Manchester Maersk, a 20,568-TEU vessel, made its first westbound Suez Canal transit on 16 August after Maersk returned its Gemini AE2 Asia-North Europe service to the corridor. Linerlytica estimates Maersk has now shifted more than 30% of the volumes it had routed around the Cape of Good Hope back to the trans-Suez route, with four of 13 services restored by mid-August and a Port Said-Jeddah feeder due later in the month.