Japanese shipping companies suspend transportation of goods through the Red Sea
Kyiv • UNN
Japan's largest shipping companies are changing the routes of cargo ships and will be sending them around South Africa to avoid Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. This is leading to an increase in shipping costs.
The three largest shipping companies in Japan are changing the routes of their cargo ships due to attacks on ships in the Red Sea, Dagens industri reports, UNN writes.
Details
It is reported that three of Japan's largest shipping companies will change the routes of their cargo ships ships because of the Houthi attacks on ships from Yemen. The ships will sail around the tip of South Africa.
The announcement was was made a day after an attack on a Japanese tanker in the Indian Ocean. The attack caused a fire on board.
Several shipping companies have already changed their shipping routes to avoid the the Red Sea. Earlier, similar announcements came, in particular, from the Danish Mærsk and German Hapag-Lloyd, among others. The British oil company BP and the Norwegian Equinor also withdrew their ships from the Red Sea.
Now cargo ships have to travel all the way around Africa. cargo ships have to go around Africa, which significantly delays transportation and and at the same time increases the cost of transportation.
Recall
The Pentagon said that the unmanned aerial vehicle, that attacked a ship off the coast of India on Saturday, December 23, was launched from Iran. Later it became known that a US destroyer destroyed in the Red Sea four drones launched from Houthi controlled areas in Yemen.
