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The voyage marks another step toward normalization of global supply lines, after Yemen-based Houthis in 2023 began attacking vessels, forcing shipowners to sail south of Africa.

A.P. Moller-Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have switched a major route for their Gemini joint venture to the Delaware River container terminals, effective Jan. 4.

Maersk has a strategy to grow in land-based logistics, which has historically had higher and more stable profit margins than container shipping.

Maersk says the Savannah, Ga., facility follows recent ground freight openings in Lake City, Ga., and Dallas-Fort Worth, and creates an ecosystem of integrated services.

The companies allegedly fixed the general rate increase charged to customers for shipping cargo between South Africa and Asia and between the nation and the western part of Africa from 2008 to 2018.

A.P. Moller-Maersk shares fell with investor disappointment over a smaller-than-expected improvement in the container shipping giant’s full-year profit guidance.

The 100,000-square-foot plant is designed to process thousands of shipments weekly, serving the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and Maersk’s broader national network.

Shorting Maersk stock during a global trade war may seem like a sure bet. But investors who’ve loaded up on the trade since April have so far only been handed big losses.

CEO Vincent Clerc described conditions in the U.S. as subdued, owing to the uncertainty from trade tariffs.

Hapag-Lloyd is seeing a jump in business after the U.S. and China lowered tariffs, the company’s CEO said, as the trade war ceasefire unleashes a wave of pent-up demand for shipping.