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Add as preferred source on GoogleMaersk has temporarily stopped vessel calls at Haifa port due to escalating Iran-Israel tensions. Haifa port is majorly owned by Adani Ports.
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Container shipping company Maersk said on Friday it had temporarily paused vessel calls at Israel's Haifa port, amid the country's escalating conflict with Iran.
The Danish company said it had not experienced any further disruptions to its scheduled operations in the region.
Haifa port, which was privatized in 2022, is owned 70% by India's Adani Ports while the remaining 30% is held by Israel's Gadot Group.
Adani Ports is the ports operating arm of Adani Group, led by billionaire Gautam Adani. Including Haifa port, the company operates four ports outside Indian waters.
A spokesperson for the Adani Group did not immediately respond to Reuters' email and text messages requesting comment.
Israel has been hitting Iran from the air since last Friday in what it describes as an effort to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons. Iran has denied plans to develop such weapons and has retaliated by launching counterstrikes on Israel.
On Thursday, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said it had launched combined missile and drone attacks at military and industrial sites linked to Israel's defence industry in Haifa and Tel Aviv.
(Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Hritam Mukherjee, writing by Stine Jacobsen, editing by Louise Rasmussen and Toby Chopra)
Maersk temporarily paused vessel calls at Haifa port due to the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.
Haifa port is owned 70% by India's Adani Ports and 30% by Israel's Gadot Group.
Israel has been conducting airstrikes against Iran to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons, which Iran has denied.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards launched missile and drone attacks at military and industrial sites linked to Israel's defense industry in Haifa and Tel Aviv.
According to Maersk, it has not experienced any further disruptions to its scheduled operations in the region despite the conflict.
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