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Shippers avoiding Red Sea transits after attacks, watching Suez Canal traffic

December 11, 2023 Comments Off

Shippers are diverting from Middle East transit routes in response to a growing number of drone attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, shippers and industry have warned. Some shippers are avoiding the region entirely and instead choosing to transit around Africa, and this is adding about two weeks to their voyages and increased emissions, David Loosley, secretary…