Seven Maersk ships with thousands of containers were trapped in the Persian Gulf when Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz to virtually all traffic in response to attacks from the US and Israel. The photo shows a Maersk ship in the Panama Canal. (Archive photo). Photo: Martin Bernetti/Ritzau Scanpix
Maersk sails two ships out of the Strait of Hormuz
Maersk has successfully sailed two ships (“Maersk Baltimore” and a chartered vessel) out of the Strait of Hormuz, leaving three of its ships in the Persian Gulf. At the start of the conflict, which began when Israel and the US attacked Iran on February 28, Maersk had seven ships in the gulf. In...
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