Three giants of the sector have already interrupted their passages in the area, an essential crossing point for world trade, in the face of the increase in drone attacks carried out by the Houthi rebels.
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And four. After three other giants in the sector, the Italian-Swiss shipowner Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) announced that it was giving up operating ships on the Red Sea on Saturday, December 16, the day after an attack which affected one of its container ship.
MSC ships will no longer use the Suez Canal “until passage through the Red Sea is safe”, explains the company in a press release. The shipowner specified that no crew member was injured in the attack targeting the MSC Palatium III Friday, and that the ship suffered “limited damage due to fire”. The Houthi rebels, who control part of Yemen’s territory, have claimed “a military operation” against two container ships of the Swiss shipowner MSC, after claiming responsibility for an attack on the Maersk container ship on Thursday.
Faced with the increase in drone attacks carried out by the Houthis, officially in retaliation for the war waged by Israel in the Gaza Strip, some of the largest shipowners on the planet have announced reducing or even ending the passage of their ships near the strait. strategic Bab al-Mandeb, through which 40% of international trade passes. The shipowners Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd opened the march on Friday, followed by the French CMA CGM on Saturday
