Hapag-Lloyd reroutes routes via Cape of Good Hope
Published: Monday, Dec 18th 2023, 14:30
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Following attacks by Yemeni Houthi rebels on ships in the Red Sea, the Hamburg-based container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd intends to avoid passage through the Suez Canal until further notice. On Monday, Hapag-Lloyd decided to divert "several ships via the Cape of Good Hope", as a spokesman announced following consultations with a crisis team.
"This will continue until the passage through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea is safe again for ships and their crews." Like Hapag-Lloyd, the world's fifth-largest liner shipping company, other industry giants are also taking the longer route around the southern tip of the African continent out of concern for the safety of their ships on the Asia-Europe trade.
For example, the world's largest shipping company MSC, based in Switzerland, informed its customers on Monday that MSC ships will not sail east and west through the Suez Canal until the passage through the Red Sea is safe. "Some services are already being diverted and are sailing via the Cape of Good Hope instead."
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