At peak times, more than 100 vessels pass through the Persian Gulf corridor every day. Within hours, vessels, crews and thousands of containers were impacted.

Nobody knew how long the disruption would last - and it is still an evolving situation to this day. But one thing was certain at that time: Decisions couldn't wait. But how do you build operational resilience in such crises, when uncertainty becomes the norm? We take a behind-the-scenes look at how Hapag-Lloyd teams around the world have responded when the pressure was on – and what it has taken to keep global trade moving while the Gulf has been blocked.

A closer look at the Persian Gulf region