Maersk announces return to Red Sea and Suez Canal for MECL shipping service
Danish shipping giant Maersk will resume Suez Canal sailings for its MECL service on January 26. The move follows a three-month stabilization under a Gaza ceasefire.
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Danish shipping group A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S announced on Thursday, January 15, 2026, that it will resume sailings via the Red Sea and Suez Canal for its MECL service. This specific route, which links the Middle East and India to the U.S. east coast, is scheduled to see its first vessel depart from Salalah, Oman 
OM, on January 26, 2026. The structural return to the trans-Suez route is part of a broader stepwise approach for the fleet of the company headquartered in Denmark 
DK.
OM, on January 26, 2026. The structural return to the trans-Suez route is part of a broader stepwise approach for the fleet of the company headquartered in Denmark DK.
