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.
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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.