
Evergreen plans to resume several Suez Canal transits on Far East–Europe routes and launch direct services to Red Sea ports. Emirates Shipping Line is also starting a China–Red Sea service, raising concerns that overlapping calls could concentrate cargo and create congestion at ports including Jeddah, Sokhna and Aqaba.
More direct services could add capacity, but concentrated arrivals may cause port congestion and increase shipping costs on affected routes. The effect on grain freight is indirect and uncertain.
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