Shippers Reroute Vessels Around Africa to Avoid Red Sea Houthi Attacks

Published on December 19, 2023

Two major international shipping companies have elected to send their cargo ships the long way around Africa rather than risk being attacked by Houthi rebel forces while trying to transit the Red Sea. The Denmark-headquartered Maersk and Germany-headquartered Hapag-Lloyd shipping companies both halted their traffic through the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden the past week after their ships were attacked near Yemen, where the Houthi rebels are active. In an emailed statement to NTD News on Dec. 18, a Hapag-Lloyd spokesperson said the rerouting would continue “until the passage through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea will be safe again for vessels and their crews.”...

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