Maersk carries out first Red Sea transit in almost two years

In the early morning on December 19, the 2007-built Singapore-flagged boxship Maersk Sebarok completed a transit through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and into the Red Sea. This marks the first time a Maersk vessel transited the strait in almost two years. The company stated that the “highest possible safety measures were applied during transit” of …