Chinese shipping giant Cosco said yesterday that it was resuming new bookings for container shipments to some Gulf countries, after a three-week suspension in response to the Middle East war. The state-owned, Shanghai-based firm was amo
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Chinese shipping giant Cosco said yesterday that it was resuming new bookings for container shipments to some Gulf countries, after a three-week suspension in response to the Middle East war.
The state-owned, Shanghai-based firm was among several major shipping groups to pause operations in the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway through which one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas passes normally.
Cosco “resumed new bookings for general cargo containers for shipments” from the “Far East” to the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, and Iraq “with immediate effect”, according to a company statement.
It did not mention shipments travelling in the opposite direction, from the Gulf.
“New booking arrangements and the actual carriage are subject to change due to the volatile situation in the Middle East region,” it added.
