{"id":4450,"date":"2026-10-22T08:09:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T05:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailybusiness.info\/?p=4450"},"modified":"2026-10-22T08:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T05:09:33","slug":"suez-canal-hapag-lloyd-discuss-expanding-transits-as-services-gradually-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailybusiness.info\/?p=4450","title":{"rendered":"Suez Canal, Hapag-Lloyd discuss expanding transits as services gradually resume"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) held talks with German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd to strengthen cooperation and increase vessel transits through the canal, as the carrier monitors security developments in the Red Sea and considers gradually resuming additional services.<\/p>\n<p>Osama Rabie, Chairperson of the SCA, met with Juan Pablo Richards, Hapag-Lloyd\u2019s regional head for Southern Europe, at the authority\u2019s headquarters in Ismailia to discuss cooperation and prospects for expanding the company\u2019s use of the waterway.<\/p>\n<p>Rabie affirmed the canal\u2019s readiness to receive various shipping services, highlighting the authority\u2019s ongoing efforts to develop maritime services and modernise its fleet to meet customers\u2019 requirements.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed the authority\u2019s interest in the full return of Hapag-Lloyd\u2019s shipping services to the canal, stressing the importance of such a move to sustaining global supply chains amid geopolitical challenges and rapid changes in the maritime transport industry.<\/p>\n<p>Richards praised the longstanding cooperation between Hapag-Lloyd and the SCA, as well as the noticeable improvement in the services provided to the maritime transport industry.<\/p>\n<p>He said Hapag-Lloyd continues to monitor developments in the Red Sea and maritime safety indicators to determine appropriate adjustments to its sailing schedules, amid the gradual resumption of vessel transits through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Suez Canal.<\/p>\n<p>Richards added that additional Hapag-Lloyd services are expected to resume transiting the canal in the coming period, supplementing the two services already operating through the waterway to and from Asia.<\/p>\n<p>The discussions also covered potential cooperation in new areas, including maritime training. 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