Red Sea Crisis Spills Over to African Ports Choking Global Supply Chains, Fuel Exports to US and Europe

Attacks on commercial vessels navigating the Red Sea are forcing ships to travel around Africa to transport goods to European and North American markets.  But major African ports on the continent’s east coast, including Mombasa and Dar es Salaam, are too small to handle so many big ships in a short period of time. This means most of the pressure is on South African ports, themselves wracked by multiple crises, including mismanagement, corruption and lengthy electricity outages.    More than 20,000 ships navigate the Suez Canal every year, making it one of the world’s key maritime routes, especially for fossil fuels from the Middle East and goods moving between Asia and Europe....