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Maersk uses rail freight to bypass Panama Canal traffic jam

The company has set up a ”land bridge” to get the containers to their destination.
Maersk has swapped sails for rails to avoid the Panama disruption. | Photo: Thomas Borberg/Ritzau Scanpix
Maersk has swapped sails for rails to avoid the Panama disruption. | Photo: Thomas Borberg/Ritzau Scanpix
by ANJA HAUGE

In addition to the world’s logistics companies and shipping lines being targets of attacks in the Red Sea, low water levels on the opposite side of the world in the Panama Canal have created a real traffic jam.

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