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Maersk CEO sees Red Sea shipping disruption lasting 'at least a few months'

January 17, 2024

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc said on Wednesday the disruption to global shipping caused by the attacks on vessels in the Red Sea will probably last at least a few months.

"So for us this will mean longer transit times and probably disruptions of the supply chain for a few months at least, hopefully shorter, but it could also be longer because it's so unpredictable how this situation is actually developing," said Clerc, speaking to the Reuters Global Markets Forum in Davos.

Maersk and other large shipping lines have instructed hundreds of commercial vessels to stay clear of the Red Sea, sending vessels on the longer route around Africa in response to attacks on shipping by Iranian-backed Houthi militants.

(Reporting by Megan Davies in DAVOS and Jacob Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen in COPENHAGEN; Writing by Josephine Mason; Editing by Louise Heavens)

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