The Suez Canal serves as a gateway connecting East and West. Thousands of cargo ships traverse the canal annually, carrying approximately 30% of global shipping containers. However, recent hostilities against ships in the Red Sea, attributed to Yemen’s Houthi militia, have led several shipping companies to avoid this route, significantly affecting global shipping container traffic. […]
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As Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen continue their missile and pirate attacks in the Red Sea and other bodies of water, measures are being taken to ensure the safety of port workers in Israel. The attacks have led to various incidents directly affecting port workers in Israel, including increased risks, physical strain on workers due […]
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Some of the world’s largest shipping firms, including Maersk and CMA CGM, will impose extra charges after they re-routed ships in response to attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, as worries about disruption to global trade grow. The surcharges, designed to cover longer voyages around Africa compared with routes via the Suez Canal, will […]
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German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd said on Thursday it was the latest company planning to avoid the Red Sea after attacks there by Yemen’s Houthi group on merchant vessels, which have disrupted global trade and triggered a multinational naval action. Hapag-Lloyd said it would reroute 25 ships by the end of the year from the key […]
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Two major freight firms including MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co, the world’s biggest container shipping line, on Saturday said they would avoid the Suez Canal as Houthi terrorists in Yemen stepped up their assaults on commercial vessels in the Red Sea. Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi movement has been attacking vessels in response to the Gaza war on […]
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