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Vincent Clerc expects weeks of delays after attacks on ships

Maersk’s chief exec compares the situation in the Red Sea to when the ship Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal. 
Vincent Clerc expects that the task force set up by the US and its allies to ensure freedom of navigation in the area will probably take "a few weeks" before it is launched. | Photo: Pr/maersk
Vincent Clerc expects that the task force set up by the US and its allies to ensure freedom of navigation in the area will probably take "a few weeks" before it is launched. | Photo: Pr/maersk
by MARKETWIRE & SHIPPINGWATCH

The disruptions in the Red Sea that have caused Maersk to divert its ships to sail south of Africa via the Cape of Good Hope could add between two and four weeks to the transportation time, says CEO Vincent Clerc to CNBC.

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