Houthi attacks on ships: Cargo transportation through the Red Sea is halted
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Global container shipping companies are suspending operations in the Red Sea due to Houthi attacks on civilian vessels, and leading companies such as Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd are temporarily suspending their cargo transportation.
Several global container shipping operators have announced that they are temporarily suspending the movement of their container ships in the Red Sea due to attacks on civilian vessels of Yemeni Houthis. This was reported by Deutsche Welle, according to UNN.
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In particular, on Friday, December 15, the largest container transportation in the world, the Danish company Maersk, announced that it will not will not be transporting cargo through the Red Sea for the time being.
The reason for this decision was the attack on the company's ship Maersk Gibraltar the day before. The Houthis claimed to have hit it with a drone, but the The company confirmed the attack but denied the hit.
On Friday, another company also announced the suspension of container transportation through the Red Sea. Friday was also announced by another major transportation company, the German Hapag-Lloyd. It will suspend operations in the region until December 18.
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Also on Friday, the Houthis said they had attacked two vessels of the Swiss company MSC - the world's second largest container container shipping company.
This week, the Houthis also fired rockets at the Marshallese-flagged tanker Ardmore Encounter flying the flag of the Marshall Islands and hit the Norwegian tanker Strinda with an anti-ship missile the Norwegian tanker Strinda.
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The Houthis began attacking ships in the Red Sea last month. Initially, they claimed that they would target ships with to Israel. In early December, they attacked the US destroyer USS Carney.
Now they claim to be targeting ships heading to Israel, although according to to Israel, although according to monitoring resources, at least some of the attacked ships ships had other destinations indicated. The Houthis promise to continue attacks until Israel stops its offensive in the Gaza Strip.
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US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Landerking said the day before that Washington wants to create the "broadest possible" maritime coalition to protect ships and send a signal to the Houthis that they will not attacks will not be tolerated.
Traffic through the Red Sea accounts for 10 to 12 percent of of the world's maritime traffic, which is five percent of the world's oil transportation. oil.
