Several maritime transport companies had announced to suspend navigation in the Red Sea because of operations perpetrated by Houthi rebels in Yemen.
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Vessels from the shipowner CMA-CGM have returned to the Red Sea after attacks perpetrated by Houthi rebels in Yemen, and those from Maersk will do the same, the two shipping giants announced on Wednesday, December 27.
“Some ships transited the Red Sea” And “we plan to gradually increase the transit of our ships through the Suez Canal”, which connects the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, announced the French group CMA-CGM in a message to its customers, sent to AFP on Wednesday. The shipowner did not provide further details. “For safety reasons”.
The Danish Maersk, for its part, is preparing to “resume navigation in the Red Sea towards the east as well as towards the west”he said on Sunday, and the first cargo ships will use the canal “as soon as possible”.
After attacks perpetrated by the Houthi rebels, in the name of solidarity with the Palestinian people bombed in Gaza, several global shipping giants announced in mid-December to suspend the passage of their ships through the Red Sea, “backbone of globalization”according to Vincent Groizeleau, editor-in-chief of the Mer et Marine site.
