Middle East logistics forced to shift to land transportation due to increased conflict, with freight rates rising over 3 times compared to before the conflict.

The continued closure of the Suez Canal has forced logistics companies to transport bulk commodities by land. Vincent Clerc, CEO of the world's second largest container shipping company Maersk, revealed to the media that a large number of trucks have been mobilized, and Saudi Arabia and Iraq have opened up channels to trucks from Jordan and Turkey. Major shipping companies including Mediterranean Shipping, Maersk, CMA-CGM, and Hapag-Lloyd have opened trucking routes from ports along the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf to ports in Saudi Arabia's Dammam, Iraq's Basra, and the UAE's Jebel Ali.