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Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Maersk halts cargo bookings for Gulf states until further notice
Maersk says it is temporarily suspending most cargo bookings in and out of the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia until further notice.
The Jeddah and King Abdullah ports in Saudi Arabia and the Salalah port in Oman remain operational while the shipping group is also still accepting cargo to and from Jordan and Lebanon.
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