Top shipping line Maersk says halts Iran service

LONDON (Reuters) - Maersk Line, the world's biggest container shipping company, has stopped port calls to Iran as Western sanctions pressure on the Islamic Republic mounts, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday. "Maersk Line has ceased to call in Iran," a spokeswoman for the unit of Danish group A.P. Moller-Maersk said. "This is a pragmatic decision based on an assessment of balancing the benefits of ...

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