News / Maersk diverts two vessels from Middle East region over attack fears

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The deteriorating security situation in the Middle East Gulf and Red Sea region is beginning to hit container supply chains. Maersk Line today announced it had withdrawn two vessels from operating in the area and follows news from Israeli shipping line Zim yesterday that it too was taking “temporary proactive measures”.

Although it declined to specify the nature of any threat the company may have received, Maersk said that, “due to unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances, we have been forced to temporarily ...