Cosco Resumes Mideast Bookings as Second Chinese Vessel Transits Strait of Hormuz

A cargo ship operated by Cosco Shipping is docked at the foreign trade container terminal of Qingdao Port in China's eastern Shandong province on March 25, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP) / CHINA OUT

China’s state-owned shipping giant Cosco resumed new container bookings from Asia to several Gulf markets, a notable signal that at least some Chinese operators now judge parts of the Strait of Hormuz route to be passable again after weeks of severe disruption.

Cosco said it was reopening bookings to destinations including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, and Iraq after suspending them in early March as war-related risks surged.

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