Maersk container ship makes second Red Sea transit
As the ceasefire in Gaza continues to hold and the Houthi are no longer threatening commercial shipping Maersk has made its second trial Red Sea transit.
The Maersk Denver has become the second vessel from the world’s second largest container line to transit the Red Sea after a nearly two-year hiatus due to the threat of Houthi attacks.
Maersk said the transit by the US-flagged Maersk Denver of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait was made successfully on 11 – 12 January. As with the previous transit by the Maersk Sebarok on 18 – 19 December 2025, the Maersk Denver is deployed the MECL service which connects India and the Middle East with the US East Coast, which has been transiting via the Cape of Good Hope
