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Evergreen, OOCL suspend shipping services to Qatar

Evergreen, OOCL suspend shipping services to Qatar
This comes after the the blockade imposed on Qatar by Arab countries

Mubasher: Taiwan-based Evergreen Company and Hong Kong's OOCL announced on Wednesday they had suspended shipping services to the state of Qatar after Arab countries cut diplomatic ties with Qatar and imposed port restrictions, as reported by Reuters.

Evergreen, is the world's sixth biggest container shipping line, while OOCL is the world's no. 7 carrier, they both announced in separate statements that they had temporarily suspended services to and from Qatar until further notice.

Evergreen attributed the decision to the blockade imposed on Qatar, while OOCL cited the current political climate in the region.

On Monday, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, and Bahrain simultaneously decided to cut diplomatic ties with Qatar.