Maersk Line and Hapag-Lloyd have announced that the container ships used in the service called ME11 and IMX respectively by the two shipping companies, which is operated under the vessel sharing agreement called Gemini Cooperation, will return to transit through the Red Sea and the Suez, specifying that all journeys through this region they will be under the surveillance of military units.

The service connects India and the Middle East with the Mediterranean calling at the ports of Jebel Ali, Mundra, Jawaharlal Nehru, Salalah, Port Said, Valencia and Tanger Med and the restoration of Transits through the Egyptian channel takes place with the departure Today's delivery of the ship Astrid Maersk from the port of Valencia direct to the East and with tomorrow's departure from the port of Mundra of the Albert Maersk container carrier heading towards the Mediterranean.

In addition, the two companies have announced that they are considering bring two other services back to the route via Suez called AE12 and AE15 by Maersk and SE1 and SE3 by Hapag-Lloyd, with the former connecting China and Southeast Asia with the Mediterranean calling ports of Shanghai, Ningbo, Tanjung Pelepas, Colombo, Port Said, Rijeka and Koper and with the latter following in most of the same route touching the ports of Qingdao, Ningbo, Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Jeddah, Port Said, Izmit and Istanbul.