The Maersk Sentosa container ship sails southbound to exit the Suez Canal in Suez, Egypt, on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023.
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Danish delivery large Maersk mentioned Friday it could prolong its diversion of vessels from the Crimson Sea for the “foreseeable future” attributable to security considerations amid a spate of assaults by Houthi militants.
It means avoiding the Suez Canal on Europe-Asia routes and taking the longer Cape of Good Hope route round southern Africa.
“The state of affairs is continually evolving and stays extremely risky, and all out there intelligence at hand confirms that the safety threat continues to be at a considerably elevated degree,” Maersk mentioned in a press release.
It is a breaking information story and will probably be up to date shortly.
