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Maersk to Pause All Container Ship Traffic Through the Red Sea

Danish shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk will pause all container shipments through the Red Sea until further notice, a spokesperson for the company told Reuters on Friday."Following the near-miss incident involving Maersk Gibraltar yesterday and yet another attack on a container vessel today, we have instructed all Maersk vessels in the area bound to pass through the Bab al-Mandab Strait to pause their journey until further notice," the company said in a statement.Maersk on Thursday said its vessel Maersk Gibraltar was targeted by a missile while travelling from Salalah…