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Saudi Arabia launches Red Sea Express lane to bypass Hormuz

The new service to transport containers links Yanbu’s King Fahd Industrial Port with the Ain Sokhna Port in Egypt and Jordan's Aqaba port

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Egypt's Ain Sokhna Port

Saudi Arabia is accelerating efforts to reroute Gulf trade around Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, launching a new Red Sea Express shipping service that connects its western port of Yanbu with Egypt and Jordan.

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