News / First boxship heads for Cape of Good Hope as dredging starts in blocked canal

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The first Asia-Europe container vessels have begun to be rerouted around the Cape of Good Hope, according to new AIS data.

According to VesselsValue’s ship tracking data, Evergreen’s 20,400 teu Ever Greet, deployed on the Ocean Alliance’s NEU6 service (the same string as the stuck sister ship Ever Given), which had been en route from the Malaysian transhipment hub of Tanjung Pelepas to Suez, changed course yesterday and began heading towards South Africa.

“The vessel’s normal Tanjung Pelepas to Rotterdam journey via ...