Hapag-Lloyd, CMA CGM, and Maersk Suspend All Hormuz Transits
World's three largest container carriers halt Hormuz passage effective March 1; all services reroute via Cape of Good Hope.
Extended Cape of Good Hope routing requirements create permanent structural changes to global shipping patterns and establish new baseline maritime trade route configurations on March 1, 2026. The extended routing represents a return to pre-Suez Canal era shipping patterns and demonstrates the vulnerability of contemporary global supply chains to geopol…
